Wonder how TSA folks are going to feel about ICE showing up to get paid to stand around and try to look tough.
Aggressivehottie on
This is the point where essential workers realize they’re being treated as disposable.
You can’t pay rent with patriotism, and you definitely can’t put gas in your car with a promised back check that might be weeks away. These record call outs aren’t a strike, they’re a financial necessity for people who literally can’t afford the commute to work for $0.
Expect security theater to turn into a total collapse at the major hubs this week. If you’re flying, get to the airport four hours early or just don’t go.
mikemacman on
They aren’t getting paid. We should be surprised that any of them are showing up.
CouchCorrespondent on
I would love to see the faces of the TSA workers as they try and train the ICE goons.
“So I CaN jUsT ThRow The PerSoN on ThE gRounD if thEir MoUthwasH weIghS moRe ThAn 4 oUnCEs?”
Aretirednurse on
The Dems said pull TSA funding out as a separate item and we will vote on it.
Gpedo party refused.
Outside-Conflict1138 on
yeah that’s what happens when you don’t pay people
makes sense they’d call out
good for them honestly
steepleton on
Sorry i’m from the pre tsa era and see them as nothing more than george bush’s little gang of thieves and bullies
Just because ice is worse doesn’t make them the good guys
Simplehoaxes on
That’s the plan! Starve out TSA, weaken it, the call has been made, TSA is gonna be rolled into ICE so they can continue their terror campaign at the airports.
ICE is funded at $72 billion! bigger than some foreign countries’ armies.
Republicans don’t want TSA funded, this is a made up crisis. This is next level escalation of our eroding democracy.
killjoy12 on
Legally, do they still have to call off? If you use your time off, but you’re not being paid, do you have to burn PTO you have acquired? Genuinely curious.
Or will they be back paid for the PTO they have taken?
PopPalsUnited on
Find new employment if you can.
The Federal government is broken and may not come back to any semblance of normality.
roamingroad174 on
I guess we walk through the checkpoints?
12358132134 on
TSA are the good guys now?!?
Substantial-Peak4371 on
The Democrats have tried daily to get their budget passed. Guess who votes no to that?
Icy_Ratio6281 on
If I had a job that only paid me half the time, then I would seek a new job. Of course, only paying workers half the time is the capitalist dream.
Choopster on
This administration started a war and opened the gates to the kingdom and stopped paying the guards at the door. IS ANYONE ELSE SEEING THIS, FFS
jonnycanuck67 on
Apparently getting the shitty pay you were promised is kinda important. Our government is broken….
fanofairplanes on
Imagine some ICE dipshit sitting at the X-ray scanner trying to figure out what’s going on. My dog might as well be volunteering
StrDstChsr34 on
I don’t really understand why any of them are still going to work.
SoggyBoysenberry7703 on
I’m so glad I got home from a trip right as this was starting
Tyrant_Virus_ on
I have no idea why anyone would sign up to be a TSA agent when you are the first in line to get totally fucked every time there’s a shutdown.
Zedditron on
I wonder if any travelers could tell a difference from the usual glacial pace of security screenings?
game_of_crohns on
So during a time of “war” we’re going to stop securing the airports properly?
I’m not the smartest guy in the room but that seems like a really bad choice.
sethm1 on
Interesting that ICE has the funding to send its agents to airports yet republicans want even more money (for ICE), but wont increase budget for TSA agents. Even if ICE agents sent to airports, what’s their role? They have little training as it is.
ImNoRickyBalboa on
Why have the TSA? Hijackings are impossible with modern cockpit doors. Are we still afraid of mr shoebomb?
And I bet any next terrorist attack would be something other than planes. A Subway attack maybe, or a drone strike at a nuclear facility, etc.
Just basic walk true detectors would be fine. And its been proven that smuggling some pistol (polymers) onboard can’t be stopped anyway.
Mobius00 on
Anyone notice how whenever Trump is in power, basic societal functions starts to break down? Covid was just the warmup, wait and see where we are in three years.
vanderaj on
I bet many of them remember how they or their coworkers were treated last time when they promised a bonus for coming to work whilst unpaid. If you missed even an hour, they got nothing. Fool me once, …
In most civilized countries, the ability to pass a budget is a make or break for the governing party/parties. In Australia, being unable to pass a budget twice in a row results in a double dissolution election where every single lower and senate seat is up for grabs, and the party that was in power has historically been punished severely for their inability to govern.
AdDangerous922 on
Now I know why people stay in abusive relationships. I’m happy for these people who have left or called off.
MrBoss6 on
TSA are usually dumber and more hardcore Trumpees. This will anger the voters
The_Pandalorian on
Dang, hope they start harassing Republicans who rejected a deal to pay them.
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Wonder how TSA folks are going to feel about ICE showing up to get paid to stand around and try to look tough.
This is the point where essential workers realize they’re being treated as disposable.
You can’t pay rent with patriotism, and you definitely can’t put gas in your car with a promised back check that might be weeks away. These record call outs aren’t a strike, they’re a financial necessity for people who literally can’t afford the commute to work for $0.
Expect security theater to turn into a total collapse at the major hubs this week. If you’re flying, get to the airport four hours early or just don’t go.
They aren’t getting paid. We should be surprised that any of them are showing up.
I would love to see the faces of the TSA workers as they try and train the ICE goons.
“So I CaN jUsT ThRow The PerSoN on ThE gRounD if thEir MoUthwasH weIghS moRe ThAn 4 oUnCEs?”
The Dems said pull TSA funding out as a separate item and we will vote on it.
Gpedo party refused.
yeah that’s what happens when you don’t pay people
makes sense they’d call out
good for them honestly
Sorry i’m from the pre tsa era and see them as nothing more than george bush’s little gang of thieves and bullies
Just because ice is worse doesn’t make them the good guys
That’s the plan! Starve out TSA, weaken it, the call has been made, TSA is gonna be rolled into ICE so they can continue their terror campaign at the airports.
ICE is funded at $72 billion! bigger than some foreign countries’ armies.
Republicans don’t want TSA funded, this is a made up crisis. This is next level escalation of our eroding democracy.
Legally, do they still have to call off? If you use your time off, but you’re not being paid, do you have to burn PTO you have acquired? Genuinely curious.
Or will they be back paid for the PTO they have taken?
Find new employment if you can.
The Federal government is broken and may not come back to any semblance of normality.
I guess we walk through the checkpoints?
TSA are the good guys now?!?
The Democrats have tried daily to get their budget passed. Guess who votes no to that?
If I had a job that only paid me half the time, then I would seek a new job. Of course, only paying workers half the time is the capitalist dream.
This administration started a war and opened the gates to the kingdom and stopped paying the guards at the door. IS ANYONE ELSE SEEING THIS, FFS
Apparently getting the shitty pay you were promised is kinda important. Our government is broken….
Imagine some ICE dipshit sitting at the X-ray scanner trying to figure out what’s going on. My dog might as well be volunteering
I don’t really understand why any of them are still going to work.
I’m so glad I got home from a trip right as this was starting
I have no idea why anyone would sign up to be a TSA agent when you are the first in line to get totally fucked every time there’s a shutdown.
I wonder if any travelers could tell a difference from the usual glacial pace of security screenings?
So during a time of “war” we’re going to stop securing the airports properly?
I’m not the smartest guy in the room but that seems like a really bad choice.
Interesting that ICE has the funding to send its agents to airports yet republicans want even more money (for ICE), but wont increase budget for TSA agents. Even if ICE agents sent to airports, what’s their role? They have little training as it is.
Why have the TSA? Hijackings are impossible with modern cockpit doors. Are we still afraid of mr shoebomb?
And I bet any next terrorist attack would be something other than planes. A Subway attack maybe, or a drone strike at a nuclear facility, etc.
Just basic walk true detectors would be fine. And its been proven that smuggling some pistol (polymers) onboard can’t be stopped anyway.
Anyone notice how whenever Trump is in power, basic societal functions starts to break down? Covid was just the warmup, wait and see where we are in three years.
I bet many of them remember how they or their coworkers were treated last time when they promised a bonus for coming to work whilst unpaid. If you missed even an hour, they got nothing. Fool me once, …
In most civilized countries, the ability to pass a budget is a make or break for the governing party/parties. In Australia, being unable to pass a budget twice in a row results in a double dissolution election where every single lower and senate seat is up for grabs, and the party that was in power has historically been punished severely for their inability to govern.
Now I know why people stay in abusive relationships. I’m happy for these people who have left or called off.
TSA are usually dumber and more hardcore Trumpees. This will anger the voters
Dang, hope they start harassing Republicans who rejected a deal to pay them.