Congress still has not come to a long-term agreement to end the partial government shutdown.
A TSA officer works the special assistance checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport amid the ongoing partial government shutdown on Monday, March 30, 2026 (Ben Hendren for the AJC)
Some Atlanta Transportation Security Administration officers have begun receiving promised back pay for their six weeks of unpaid work.
George Borek, an American Federation of Government Employees union steward representing Atlanta area TSA employees, confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday he has received a paycheck for most of his recent hours.
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A TSA officer walks through the south terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport amid the ongoing partial government shutdown on Monday, March 30, 2026 (Ben Hendren for the AJC)
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“If you read the president’s executive order it says ‘accrued.’ It does not say going forward,” American Federation of Government Employees Local 554 steward George Borek said. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)
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As a business reporter, Emma Hurt leads coverage of the Atlanta airport, Delta Air Lines, UPS, Norfolk Southern and other travel and logistics companies. Prior to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution she worked as an editor and Atlanta reporter for Axios, a politics reporter for WABE News and a business reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
