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Reported by Mike Schuler for gCaptain A coalition of seven American maritime labor organizations—including the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association, Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, and the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots—also weighed in Thursday, sending a letter to the White House urging the administration not to grant a Jones Act waiver. The groups

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Reported by Zach Williams for Bloomberg Government Transportation Panel Vote on Nominees: The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on nominations of Matthew Anderson to be NASA’s deputy administrator, Michael Graham to join the National Transportation Safety Board, Richard Kloster to join the Surface Transportation Board, and Seval Oz to be an assistant secretary of transportation

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Reported by Sam Ogozalek, Oriana Pawlyk and Chris Marquette for Politco Pro Morning Transportation In a letter signed by organizations including the Air Line Pilots Association, the Association of Flight Attendants and the Teamsters, the unions urged the House to draft a stringent Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In mandate (ADS-B In, for short) and to limit

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Reported by Chris Marquette and Oriana Pawlyk for Politico SURFACE BILL FUNDING PLEA: Several interest groups, including the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, the American Public Transportation Association and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, are calling on lawmakers writing the highway bill to provide greater than, or equal to, funding in the2021 infrastructure

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Reported by Mary McCue Bell for The Washington Times The legislation was applauded by multiple transportation organizations, including the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, SMART Transportation Division, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Transport Workers Union, IAM Rail Division and Transportation Communications Union. Greg Regan, president of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, said over 3,000 derailments

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Reported by Mark Gruenberg for People’s World Trump’s War Department said the Rotor Act would force planes to install expensive anti-collision technology. The technology would also give their positions away to enemies, according to the Trump administration. “As America’s largest transportation labor federation, we welcome Senate passage of the bipartisan Rotor Act, which would preserve

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