As airport workers face layoffs and furloughs due to the coronavirus, their co-workers from the Transportation Security Administration, who continue to receive paychecks, are stepping up to help.
The steep decline in air travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered layoffs, furloughs and shortened work hours for airport employees and contract workers ranging from wheelchair attendants and baggage handlers to janitorial crews and concessions staff.
In a growing number of cities their co-workers from the Transportation Security Administration, who continue to receive paychecks, are stepping up to help, by hosting temporary food pantries in airports around the nation, providing free lunches and dinners to their struggling colleagues or donating their time to make masks and other essential items for communities in need.
The Airport Restaurant and Retail Association estimates 120,000 to 125,000 airport employees are currently out of work.
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