TSA Screener Sick-Outs Hit 10 Percent Over Holiday Weekend

TSA Screener Sick-Outs Hit 10 Percent Over Holiday Weekend
Transportation Security Administration officers work at a checkpoint at O'Hare airport in Chicago on Jan. 5, 2019. AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File
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The percentage of TSA airport screeners missing work has hit 10 percent as the partial government shutdown stretches into its fifth week.

The Transportation Security Administration said Jan. 21 that the absence rate for Jan. 20 compared to 3.1 percent on the comparable Sunday a year ago.