Why Don’t Unpaid Federal Workers Walk Off the Job?
“Workers understand the power they have; a walkout of Transportation Security Administration employees would effectively cripple air travel in the United States, for example. But they do not appear close to wielding that leverage. On Wednesday, T.S.A. reported its national rate of unscheduled absences was 6.1 percent, up from 3.7 percent a year ago, but not high enough to significantly worsen wait times in most major airports. Here are the reasons more federal workers are still showing up for work despite not getting paid.”