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Airport
security
officers,
who are
considered
essential
personnel,
continued
to
report
for duty
without
interruption—keeping
checkpoints
open
amid
high
passenger
traffic
during
the
spring
travel
season.
Union
representatives
say many
workers
resorted
to food
banks,
short-term
loans,
and
extra
jobs to
make
ends
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TSA
Agents
to See
Pay
Restored
After
Funding
Dispute
Resolution
Marc
Kennedy
-
National-Politics
Tell Us
USA News
Network
WASHINGTON
-
Tens of
thousands
of
Transportation
Security
Administration
(TSA)
workers
across
the
country
are
finally
seeing
their
full pay
restored
after
enduring
weeks
without
regular
paychecks,
following
a
prolonged
budget
impasse
that
temporarily
disrupted
federal
payroll
operations.
The
Department
of
Homeland
Security
confirmed
Thursday
that
back pay
has been
processed
for TSA
employees,
who had
been
working
through
the pay
gap
since
early
March.
The
delay
stemmed
from a
temporary
halt in
federal
funding
allocations
that
affected
several
government
agencies,
leaving
many
frontline
employees
struggling
to cover
basic
expenses.
Airport
security
officers,
who are
considered
essential
personnel,
continued
to
report
for duty
without
interruption—keeping
checkpoints
open
amid
high
passenger
traffic
during
the
spring
travel
season.
Union
representatives
say many
workers
resorted
to food
banks,
short-term
loans,
and
extra
jobs to
make
ends
meet.
“This
has been
an
incredibly
stressful
few
weeks
for our
members
and
their
families,”
said
Everett
Kelley,
president
of the
American
Federation
of
Government
Employees.
“They
showed
up every
day to
protect
the
traveling
public,
even
when
they
didn’t
know
when the
next
paycheck
would
come.”
The
White
House
announced
that the
restored
payments
include
full
compensation
for
missed
wages,
overtime,
and
benefits.
Officials
also
pledged
to
review
procedures
to
prevent
similar
funding
lapses
in the
future.
The
TSA
employs
more
than
60,000
workers
nationwide,
most of
whom
handle
passenger
and
baggage
screening
at
airports.
The
agency
reported
that
despite
the
payroll
disruption,
security
operations
remained
fully
staffed
and wait
times
remained
within
normal
ranges.
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