Rate of TSA Sickouts Rises as U.S. Government Shutdown Drags on
- Warnings that more security workers will stay away if unpaid
- Miami airport expects to shut a security checkpoint Saturday
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The Transportation Security Administration plans to begin closing a handful of security checkpoints at airports around the U.S. this weekend in response to staff shortages as effects of the three-week partial federal government shutdown begin to expand.
TSA employees called in sick in higher numbers on Saturday, the day after their first missed paycheck since the U.S. government wound down on Dec. 22. Representatives for TSA employees say that number is likely to rise as the shutdown drags on.