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January 14, 2013

MoveAmerica Blog

Transportation Workers Will Miss Senator Rockefeller

A historic figure in politics has announced he will depart from the U.S. Senate after nearly 30 years of service to our entire nation, and 50 years of service to the people of West Virginia in particular. Transportation workers and their unions can’t imagine a Senate without Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). They can’t fathom the…
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January 9, 2013

Aviation, MoveAmerica Blog, Safety

One Airspace — One Level of Safety

Late into the evening on Feb. 12, 2009, news reports began flooding the airwaves about a plane crash in a small town in New York that killed all 49 on board. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) into the Colgan Air Flight 3407 disaster later revealed that pilot fatigue likely played an…
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January 3, 2013

MoveAmerica Blog

A ‘Cruel Knife in the Back’

The federal government does many things, but its primary duty is to protect the American people from threats, both at home and abroad. That is why the House GOP’s inaction on aiding suffering people along the East Coast who have been devastated by Hurricane Sandy was referred to as a “cruel knife in the back,”…
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December 5, 2012

Aviation, Maritime, MoveAmerica Blog, Uncategorized

ILWU Unity Saves Good Jobs, Pushes Back on Outsourcing Epidemic

What happened this week on the West Coast with longshore workers is a testament to why unity works when employers pursue sinister agendas. Southern California union members stood up against a powerful shipping industry to protect good jobs from being outsourced, and won. These clerical workers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s (ILWU)…
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November 28, 2012

Aviation, Election, Maritime, MoveAmerica Blog, Rail, Surface Transportation, Transit

Time to Coddle the Middle Class for a Change

As the fiscal cliff looms, it is becoming nauseating to listen to extremist political operatives and special interest lobbyists argue we should hurt working people, the sick and elderly to ensure the super-rich don’t pay their fair share of the tax burden. Someone should tell the special interests who coddle millionaires at everyone else’s expense…
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November 20, 2012

Aviation, MoveAmerica Blog

Let’s Put Politics Aside and Confirm Our Next FAA Administrator

Partisan politics and gridlock are something we are all too familiar with in Washington, especially at the end of a presidential election year. But when it comes to the stability of our aviation system and the enormous impact it has on our economy, there is no time for political brinksmanship. This is why I have…
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November 15, 2012

Aviation, Maritime, MoveAmerica Blog, Rail, Safety, Surface Transportation, Transit

Austerity Measures Would Drive Us Over the Fiscal Cliff

“Too many in Washington are fixated on cutting public spending to balance the budget, not on how to put people back to work and get our economy moving.” I couldn’t have said it better myself. These are the words of 350 leading economists who offer our political leaders a solution to our anemic economy at…
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November 9, 2012

General, MoveAmerica Blog

Honoring Those Who Defend Our Nation

As Americans prepare to honor our veterans on November 12th for all they do to defend our nation, we must pledge to do more to help our military find good jobs upon returning home. Far too often these heroes, who have chosen to risk their own lives to secure our freedom, come back to the…
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November 3, 2012

Aviation, MoveAmerica Blog

Time to Let American Passenger Service Agents Vote

Nearly 10,000 passenger service agents at American Airlines got some good news on Thursday – the union election they have been fighting for has formally been scheduled by the National Mediation Board (NMB) to begin on Dec. 4. However, there is one thing we already know about American Airlines — it will use every frivolous…
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October 16, 2012

Aviation, Election, Maritime, MoveAmerica Blog, Rail, Surface Transportation, Transit

Rep. Paul Ryan, Soup Kitchens and Transportation

By Ed Wytkind Earlier this week, the VP nominee Rep. Paul Ryan stopped at an Ohio soup kitchen for a campaign photo op to show his concern for those less fortunate than himself. Only one problem with this display of caring as he rolled up his sleeves and did the dishes — the director of…
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