David Pekoske, the head of the TSA, tweeted that 95% of TSA employees are classified as essential workers and will work without pay in the event of a shutdown. Air traffic controllers are also considered essential employees and would be asked to work without pay.
Federal employees would receive backpay after the shutdown ends.
Slaves have to work bud, employees choose to. You could just say your hyperbole is a bit much rather then insist gainfully employed people are actual slaves anymore than any of the test of us wage slaves.
They’ve never not been paid, doing otherwise is fraud even for the government.
And no, that’s not slavery. Slavery is a forced servitude, you’re not a slave because your mom asked you to take out the trash for “$20 next week if finances work out”.
Not the everything is literally slavery or literally Hitler no matter how hard you wring your hands and stir the pot.
Do you know what happens when you live paycheck-to-paycheck, like the vast majority of Americans, and they stop paying you for a while? Do you know what happens to children in those situations?
Opm holds 90 days in reserve, appropriations usually issues another 90 if needed, add another 90 days by zero interest loan and you have pay for approximately 270 days.
Currently opm projects no non payment, stop doomsaying when this happens periodically like clockwork.
Ed: also distinctly different from slavery given the voluntary nature of employment. It’s bad, it isn’t however “literally slavery” no matter how hard you clutch your pearls.
I literally quoted you a news article that says that they will work without pay in the event of a shutdown. Why are you pretending the opposite is true?
Most TSA workers, about 95%, are considered essential, and would therefore remain on the job in the event of a shutdown — but without pay — TSA administrator David Pekoske said in a post on X.
A shutdown for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) means that most of our employees would still continue to come to work, without receiving a paycheck for that work until the shutdown ends.
Guess how many did not get paid.
A baited hook does not necessitate a bite, sometimes people just say shut to scare you and this is one of those times.
Notably, I can’t help but notice you aren’t calling it slavery anymore. Have we backed away from that ill thought out and obscenely offensive analogy?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2024/12/20/tsa-holiday-travelers-longer-airport-lines-shutdown/
You might want to check before you make these declarations. I do.
Slaves have to work bud, employees choose to. You could just say your hyperbole is a bit much rather then insist gainfully employed people are actual slaves anymore than any of the test of us wage slaves.
Ed:
Also if you read up there are programs specially for this because it’s so absurd and common. https://www.ussfcu.org/federal-government-shutdown-assistance.html
USAA and Navy Federal offer the same zero interest loans as well.
They get paid, I’m not sure your intention with this random hyperbolic doomsaying is but it’s unproductive and misleading at best.
Sure. “We’ll pay you eventually, double swearsies, but you are required to work until then” totally isn’t slavery.
They’ve never not been paid, doing otherwise is fraud even for the government.
And no, that’s not slavery. Slavery is a forced servitude, you’re not a slave because your mom asked you to take out the trash for “$20 next week if finances work out”.
Not the everything is literally slavery or literally Hitler no matter how hard you wring your hands and stir the pot.
Do you know what happens when you live paycheck-to-paycheck, like the vast majority of Americans, and they stop paying you for a while? Do you know what happens to children in those situations?
Opm holds 90 days in reserve, appropriations usually issues another 90 if needed, add another 90 days by zero interest loan and you have pay for approximately 270 days.
Currently opm projects no non payment, stop doomsaying when this happens periodically like clockwork.
Ed: also distinctly different from slavery given the voluntary nature of employment. It’s bad, it isn’t however “literally slavery” no matter how hard you clutch your pearls.
I literally quoted you a news article that says that they will work without pay in the event of a shutdown. Why are you pretending the opposite is true?
The TSA who say that literally Everytime? The TSA that doesn’t control their own payroll? That one?
2018
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-affect-air-travel/
Most TSA workers, about 95%, are considered essential, and would therefore remain on the job in the event of a shutdown — but without pay — TSA administrator David Pekoske said in a post on X.
Guess how many did not get paid.
2013
https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2015/02/25/tsa-workers-deserve-more-iou
A shutdown for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) means that most of our employees would still continue to come to work, without receiving a paycheck for that work until the shutdown ends.
Guess how many did not get paid.
A baited hook does not necessitate a bite, sometimes people just say shut to scare you and this is one of those times.
Notably, I can’t help but notice you aren’t calling it slavery anymore. Have we backed away from that ill thought out and obscenely offensive analogy?
Since you didn’t provide any sources for whether or not they did get paid after that or how long it took, I have no idea.
I called it slavery a couple of comments ago. Am I supposed to use the word in every comment?
It feels like you’re just trolling now. Especially that last part.