TSA agent going through eviction after lacking two paychecks amid partial authorities shutdown
After weeks of working with out pay all through the partial authorities shutdown, one TSA agent is going through the specter of eviction as she continues clocking in day by day to attempt to defend US vacationers.
This is the second time Kimberley Fondren, a TSA agent in Memphis, Tennessee, has confronted the prospect of eviction due to a authorities shutdown that’s left her working with out a paycheck, she informed CNN Sunday morning.
Fondren has been driving for Uber and Lyft to attempt to complement her earnings, she mentioned.
“It is like a hostage situation because you’re not being paid,” Fondren mentioned, including she nonetheless takes her job to defend journey and the American individuals significantly.
Fondren is one in all hundreds of TSA workers who’ve been pressured to work with out pay, name out or give up as Congress failed to come to an settlement on DHS funding. President Donald Trump is now making an attempt to unilaterally fund TSA with out Congress, that means some workers might quickly see paychecks, however the particulars are nonetheless murky.
In response to Trump’s govt order to fund TSA, Fondren mentioned, “I’m thankful that we are finally going to get what we are owed.”
“At the end of the day, this is a very important job … it’s a career, really. And that’s what everyone wants, is a stable career,” she mentioned.
