The move came after Trump rejected bipartisan congressional efforts to fund the TSA while negotiations continue with Democrats, who have refused to approve more funding without restraints on Trump’s immigration enforcement and mass deportation operations. The order left other DHS employees unpaid.
Democrats are demanding better identification for the officers, judicial warrants in some cases and for agents to refrain from conducting raids around schools, churches or other sensitive places. Republicans and the White House have been willing to negotiate on some points, but the sides have yet to reach a final agreement.
TSA workers told union leadership Monday that they received some — but not all — of their back pay, according to Johnny Jones, secretary-treasurer of the TSA union. He said the rest, from a partial paycheck at the start of the shutdown, is expected by next week.
The TSA chapter of the American Federation of Government Employees also raised concerns that some employees reported incorrect backpay amounts, including missing overtime and improper tax withholdings.
Well, the Constitution was a great idea. Good times. Thanks for all the fish.
That fucking bypass can’t get built fast enough.
So much shitty toilet paper
It works pretty good for the rest of us. Of course, we all didn’t keep multi-century old document without ever changing it, because every other country realized that just going “Akshully, the law means something different now” is extremely stupid.
But hey, it’s nice that the US is finally realizing that something everyone else learned in the 1800s.
Of course, we all didn’t keep multi-century old document without ever changing it,
The US constitution has been changed a number of times - that’s what “amendments” are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States#Twenty-seventh_Amendment_(1992)
In addition to the other reply (it’s been changed dozens of times), those other countries you’re referring to had the benefit of learning from mistakes that the US made.
God bless the Democrats for not backing down as they have done in the past. This shows that Trump and the Republicans were happy to hold TSA workers and all of us who stood in unreasonable security lines as hostages until the Democrats finally decided to shoot the hostage. It wasn’t until that point that this situation was immediately resolved by Trump, which to me speaks volumes about his priorities.
Ha ha, hold off on the accolades for the dems. Wait for it…
ahh the old dump-and-pump. treat them like shit then make yourself the “hero”.
Pay them with what?
They were given a shit ton of money last go round, they actually can’t spend it fast enough. That’s why they’re buying private jets and giving large bonuses and salaries.
