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TSA sick calls reach highest point amid partial government shutdown

Name: TSA sick calls reach highest point amid partial government shutdown
Uploaded: 2026-03-18T06:57:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 28 s
Description: Right now, 1 in every 5 TSA officers has been calling out of work, which is about five times the normal rate. And officials expect it to get worse as they are not getting paid.

Right now, 1 in every 5 TSA officers has been calling out of work, which is about five times the normal rate. And officials expect it to get worse as they are not getting paid.