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Air traffic controllers have become reluctant bargaining chips in the government shutdown. They just want to get paid.

Pete LeFevre is worried about how his coworkers will get by if they don't get paid next week. It would be the first $0 paycheck for America's 13,000 air traffic controllers during the second-longest ...
Forbes

Air Traffic Controllers Who Call In Sick During The Shutdown Won’t Be Paid, Duffy Warns—But Will Intimidation Backfire?

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Fox Business viewers Thursday that air traffic controllers who call in sick during the shutdown will not be paid and could be fired—intimidating rhetoric ...
AOL

Air traffic controllers just missed their first full paycheck due to the shutdown

Air traffic controllers are missing their first full paycheck on Tuesday due to the government shutdown. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association, which represents those workers, is sharing ...
WUWM

Shutdown strains already short-staffed air traffic controllers, union president says

Updated October 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM CDT Air traffic controllers will continue to work under strain as the government shutdown drags on, according to the head of the union that represents them. "What ...
AOL

Air traffic controllers have become reluctant bargaining chips in the government shutdown. They just want to get paid.

Air traffic controllers will receive $0 paychecks by October 28 amid the government shutdown. The 2019 shutdown is a reminder of air traffic controllers' power over the national air system. Three ...