Airport screeners quitting instead of working without pay poses a longer-term problem for TSA

Eviction notices. Vehicle repossessions. Empty refrigerators and overdrawn bank accounts.

According to union leaders and federal officials, these are among the mounting financial strains that union leaders say Transportation Security Administration officers face during a government funding lapse — the third in less than six months that has required the people who conduct airport security screenings to work without pay.

The public is experiencing the consequences in long wait times...