Air Traffic Controllers, Working Unpaid, Sue U.S. Over Shutdown
- Union says government violating Constitution, Fair Labor Act
- Workers share images of their $0 paychecks on social media
Demonstrators arrive at a protest hosted by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 10, 2019.
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The National Air Traffic Controllers Association sued the U.S. government for forcing its members to work without pay as a partial government shutdown nears day 22, the longest on record.
The air traffic controllers union is seeking a court order compelling the U.S. to account for all the wages and overtime pay to which its approximately 3,000 members are entitled and to pay them. The union claims the government is depriving its members of their earned wages without due process, in violation of the 5th Amendment of the Constitution.