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Paychecks finally in sight for US government workers

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January 25, 2019

US President Donald Trump has announced a short-term deal to end the longest federal shutdown in American history. Trump promised that government workers who had been working without wages would receive their back pay ‘very quickly.’ Carl Nasman spoke to Mechelle Belle, a TSA security officer at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, who has been affected by the shutdown.

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