"What is the point of the government? Is the point of the government to help people, and provide them with basic services to stay alive? Or is the point of the government to make sure millionaires and billionaires get even richer?"
"In order to keep the economic engine of the Oakland airport open, that's very important to this area, to the economy of this area. We have trained screeners that are coming in during the shutdown,"
"We have families. A lot of our TSOs live paycheck to paycheck. They have childcare issues. They have to show up at 3 o'clock in the morning to fly out the traveling public,"
Federal and county employees, union representatives, and TSA staff met with Congresswoman Lateefah Simon to address impacts of a multi-day U.S. government shutdown on working families. Attendees reported that TSA employees must continue working without pay to keep the Oakland airport and regional economy functioning. The Alameda Labor Council estimated 78,000 federal workers in the Bay Area, with 10,400 in Alameda County. Union representatives described paycheck-to-paycheck hardship, childcare challenges, and early-morning shifts that persist despite furloughs for other workers. Participants requested that local concerns and frontline experiences be communicated to Washington for resolution.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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