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Reported by Kerry Lynch for AIN Online As for the Modern Skies Coalition, the organizations wrote an open letter to Congress, printed in the Washington Post, reminding them of the critical need for funding. “The government shutdown has disrupted that work and slowed the strong momentum we have built for modernization. But the shutdown is…

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Reported by Kate Ryan for WTOP News Speakers outside the AFGE offices, just blocks from the U.S. Capitol, said again and again that Congress must find a way to get federal workers back on the job. “The American people and the workers who keep this country running are being held hostage by a political dispute,”…

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Reported by Kate Ryan for WTOP News Speakers outside the AFGE offices, just blocks from the U.S. Capitol, said again and again that Congress must find a way to get federal workers back on the job. “The American people and the workers who keep this country running are being held hostage by a political dispute,”…

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Reported by Kenneth Quinnell for AFL-CIO Blog AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement after the federal government’s funding expired at midnight and a shutdown began: The federal government is shutting down right now because President Trump and his administration chose chaos and pain over responsible governing. Now, countless jobs, the essential government services…

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Reported by Zach Williams for Bloomberg Government Transportation A government shutdown threatens aviation safety and the modernization of the air traffic control systems, a “unified aviation community” warns in a Tuesday letter to congressional leaders. “Government shutdowns harm the U.S. economy and degrade the redundancies and margins of safety that our National Airspace System (NAS)…

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Reported by America’s Workforce Podcast Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the rollbacks of rail safety regulations, the elimination of advisory committees and the launch of new high-speed trains in the U.S. Regan expressed deep concern over the Trump administration’s efforts…

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Reported by APTA Passenger Transport APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas took part in a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Highways and Transit Subcommittee Roundtable, Sept. 18, titled Restoring Public Trust on Transit: Perspectives on Improving Safety. Also involved were FTA Administrator Marcus Molinaro; Randy Clarke, general manager and CEO, Washington Metropolitan…

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Reported by Elizabeth Elkind for Fox News The House of Representatives is charging ahead with discussions on how to bolster trust in public transit after the deadly stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee in Charlotte, N.C. A panel of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is holding a closed-door roundtable with federal transit officials, as well…

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Reported by Scott Syroka for Des Moines Register When no one seemed to listen to these concerns, or even care, Primus did. It’s no surprise then that he would go on to be the lone dissenting voice in opposing that merger. And with that kind of record of doing what’s right, this is how he’s…

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Reported by Emmett Lindner for The New York Times The White House moved late Wednesday to terminate Robert E. Primus, a board member of the federal regulator responsible for approving railroad mergers, including one currently under review between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. The A.F.L.-C.I.O. Transportation Trades Department issued a statement on Thursday calling for…

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