Coming up short for rent and gas money, skipping meals, seeking out food from food banks and working second jobs are some of the ways that federal workers at the Richmond International Airport are dealing with being stiffed by Uncle Sam while still having to work.
A handful of Transportation
One month into the federal government shutdown, Richmond International Airport Transportation Safety Administration workers are experiencing a second zero pay period impacting morale and pocketbook.
During the first pay period, the approximately 300 federal employees at RIC (officials from Customs and Border Patrol, Transportation Safety Administration and air traffic controllers)
The items on the agenda for the monthly Capital Region Airport Commission meeting Oct. 28 focused on moving the Richmond International Airport forward to greater heights, but items absent from the agenda – the moral issue of Immigration Customs and Enforcement deportation flights and the impact of the month-long government shutdown