After 44 days of working without pay, TSA workers are finally starting to get back pay.

That comes after President Trump issued an executive order on Friday to pay TSA officers immediately.

Still, some airports continue to see long lines due to staffing shortages.

William Brangham has more.

The Department of Homeland Security announced that most TSA employees received a first

retroactive paycheck today that covered several weeks of unpaid work. But many workers say

damage has already been done. Some are still calling out sick or struggling to catch up on bills,

child care, and missed payments after weeks without income. For more on this, we are

joined by Angela Granah. She's the TSA officer in Colorado and the regional

vice president for her state's branch of the American Federation of Government

Employees Union.

Angela, thank you so much for being here.

Before we get into this larger struggle,

about these back paychecks.

Did you get your check this morning?

I did.

I got mine at about 4.30 this morning.

I got a paycheck, yes.

And can you give us a sense of how TSA workers like yourself,

prior to these paychecks coming, what it has been like for you all and how you have had to try

to deal with working for so many weeks with no pay? It's been devastating. It's been a constant

battle with trying to stay alive financially and trying to keep a nice face on, but when the passenger comes up to greet you, you greet them just the same and let them not let them know that there's something very bad deep down inside.

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