mo4ch:>US transport security workers forced to work for free during shutdown call in sick en masse | Mo4ch News

US Transportation Security Administration employees are calling in sick in protest over being forced to work without pay during the government shutdown that shows no signs of ending after 14 days.After a recent CNN report that call-ins have shot up, more than doubling in some cases and affecting four major airports, TSA and its parent agency initially denied the problem existed, and are now downplaying its scale.Also on rt.comTransport Security head says armed surveillance of innocent flying Americans ‘makes a lot of sense’TSA union officials claim the call-ins are not an organized protest, explaining workers are calling out to work at second jobs as the shutdown begins to bite. But federal officials reportedly believe the "blue flu" – TSA uniforms are blue – has all the hallmarks of a coordinated protest against the shutdown.TSA employees are considered "essential" – meaning even though their funding has run dry, they have to report to work anyway. Of the approxim…