In an attempt to avoid long security lines that are being seen at other airports, the Eugene Airport has set up donation boxes to help TSA agents whose pay has been held up by a partial government shutdown.
The move comes after congressional talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security stalled ahead of a two-week recess for the U.S. Senate, and with President Donald Trump issuing a memo to the Department of Homeland Security ordering it to “use funds that have a reasonable and logical nexus to TSA operations to provide TSA employees with the compensation and benefits.”
TSA agents are calling in sick or quitting because they cannot afford to go more than a month without a paycheck for a second time in six months. Most federal employees went without pay for a record-setting 43 days in October and November…