Oakland International Airport’s 340 federal security workers only got half their paycheck over the weekend because of the government shutdown.
Now, they don’t know when the next one is coming, even as they show up for 12-hour shifts manning security checkpoints that start as early as 2:30 a.m.
As the no-pay days stack up and childcare bills come due, employee attendance is already waning, said Joseph Cerletti, who represents security officers at the Oakland airport through a federal workers union. The loss of pay has been especially challenging for single parents, he said…