Executive Council Statement
FAA Shutdown
… and jeopardized 90,000 airport construction jobs. These tactics a re costing the nation $200 million a week plus the costs to our economy of idling tens of thousands of workers. Congress must take up and pass a clean FAA extension to ensure the … Democrats for expressing their support for a clean extension of FAA programs, for putting these laid-off Americans back to work and for protecting the rights of aviation and rail workers to form and join unions under fair and democratic standards. … and air traffic control technology, enhances air safety and rejects assaults on collective bargaining and the right to organize. …