More TSA Agents Are Calling Out Sick as Shutdown Forces Them to Work Without Pay

Transportation Security Administration officers are increasingly calling out sick ever since the partial government shutdown began on Dec. 22 and forced personnel to work without pay. CNN was first to report the story, saying that hundreds of TSA officers called out sick from work this past week. One source even called it a “blue flu,” in reference to the blue shirts that the security officers who check bags at airports wear. “This will definitely affect the flying public who we [are] sworn to protect,” Hydrick Thomas, president of the national TSA employee union, told CNN.

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