DHS Orders Payment of 50,000 US Airport Workers in Emergency Action
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Homeland Security Department said on Friday it was taking emergency action to pay 50,000 airport security officers who have gone unpaid since mid-February, after work absences brought chaos and long security lines to U.S. airports. “(The Transportation Security Administration) has immediately begun the process of paying its workforce. …