How many TSA employees are working without pay during the government shutdown?

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Of TSA's roughly 64,000 employees, more than 61,000 worked without pay during the shutdown—over 95% of the workforce. TSA officers are classified as "essential" under shutdown rules, meaning they must report to work but receive no paychecks until Congress passes appropriations. This creates a power asymmetry: workers can't strike (federal law bars it), can't quit en masse without abandoning careers, and became political props when Noem used their unpaid status to attack Democrats. Meanwhile, Noem herself continued receiving her $235,000 cabinet salary, as did all members of Congress who caused the shutdown.

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