""At one point last week, our local VTS had to go offline from about 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. There just weren't enough workers to staff an all-night watch.""
""It's impossible to expect they're not suffering a loss of focus after this long period without collecting any paychecks.""
""This is the second government shutdown in less than six months that has affected our civilian employees, and can you blame them?""
""These are the employees who are still showing up to work without getting paid.""
TSA workers received a temporary fix for paycheck delays, but many federal employees under the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Coast Guard civilians, remain unpaid. Staffing shortages at the San Francisco Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) forced it to go offline for 12 hours due to insufficient workers. The stress of working without pay is affecting employees' focus and responsibilities. Approximately 8,000 civilian Coast Guard employees nationwide are impacted by the shutdown, which is the second in less than six months.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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