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Reported by Lillianna Byington for Bloomberg Government. Addressing staff shortages at air traffic control facilities and stopping airlines from misusing visa programs are among the top priorities for transportation unions next year. The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO brought together 37 unions on Thursday, including the Air Line Pilots Association and Transport Workers Union,…

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Reported by David Shepardson for Reuters. A group representing self-driving car companies is appointing a former U.S. Senate aide as its new head as the industry works to convince U.S. policymakers to speed the deployment of autonomous vehicles and jumpstart stalled legislation. The Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association (AVIA) has tapped Jeff Farrah as its first…

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America’s Wortk Force Podcast. AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department President Greg Regan joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed why the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is the most pro-worker infrastructure law ever passed by Congress. Regan recently testified before Congress about the importance of the act.

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Reported by Eleanor Mueller and Tanya Snyder for Politico. Fears of a disruptive rail strike are roaring back to life, less than a month after President Joe Biden took a highly visible victory lap for averting a pre-election economic meltdown. No strike will happen before the end of the so-called cooling-off period in late November —…

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Reported by Ian Kullgren and Rebecca Rainey for Bloomberg Law. Ian Kullgren: Remember the rail strike that consumed the Biden administration’s attention last month? Well, it’s not over, and the threat of a nationwide disruption is still very real, according to Greg Regan, the AFL-CIO’s infrastructure czar. Three unions so far have approved collective bargaining…

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Reported by Eugene Mulero for Transport Topics. The trucking workforce’s contributions during the pandemic were again recognized by the chairman of the transportation panel in the U.S. House of Representatives. At a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing Sept. 29 that focused on the freight industry, Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) pointed to the women and men…

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Reported by Joanna Marsh for Freightwaves. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin has introduced legislation that seeks to clarify what the railroads’ obligations are in providing good service. The bill, called the Reliable Rail Service Act, aims to better define the common carrier obligation, which are the terms a railroad must abide by when working…

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American Work Force Union Podcast. AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department President Greg Regan joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the importance of maintaining U.S. maritime ships as a matter of national security.

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Newsy YouTube Video. Greg Regan, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, joined Newsy to discuss the surge in air travel complaints and explain why consumers should be frustrated with the airlines instead of the workers.

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Freight shippers are pressing Congress to address rail delays and service problems that slow the supply chain, in the wake of last week’s eleventh-hour deal averting a crippling national rail workers’ strike. “This agreement helps put one major problem to rest, but also highlights the work that needs to be done to resolve the freight…

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