First on CNN: Hundreds of TSA screeners, working without pay, calling out sick at major airports

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20. How many paychecks have they missed?

News reports said last week's paycheck was issued. The next one is next week's, and the problem is that the hours for the prep work and funds for that one aren't there.

What's left is that they're calling in sick because they're told they won't get paid next week for what they're doing this week.

Let them call in sick. They're their sick days. They won't have them later if they do get sick and should have their pay docked. Of course, it punishes their supervisors for something the supervisors have no control over, but since when do we punish the guilty when we can punish those present?

As for public workers trying to lobby the public for the workers' good, that's true of any strike. But when it's government employees ...