As a government shutdown stretches onward, hundreds of Transportation Security Administration screeners are reportedly skipping work.
Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration screeners working for free during the government shutdown are calling in sick so they can earn money at jobs that pay, union officials told CNN.
Union representatives reported significant numbers of absences at major airports in New York, Texas and North Carolina.
As many as 170 agents called in sick each day this week at Kennedy International Airport in New York, Hydrick Thomas, president of the TSA union under the American Federation of Government Employees, told CNN.
