TSA absences fall sharply after US airport security workers get paid

The Transportation Security Administration said absences among the nation’s 50,000 security officers fell sharply on Monday as workers got paid after working six weeks without a paycheck.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. The Homeland Security Department said the absence rate fell to 8.6 percent after being as high as 12.4 percent on Friday. The highest absences reported Monday were at Atlanta Monday with 29 percent of workers out along with around 20 percent at Houston’s two airports, Baltimore, New Orleans, New York JFK and Philadephia. Major airports that had suffered multi-hour lines said Monday that operations had largely returned to normal. Read more:Florida governor signs bill to rename airport after Trump

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