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Labor Readies Fall Highway Blitz
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Sept. 2, 2015 | TRANSPORTATION | thehill.com The International Brotherhood of Teamsters union is gearing up for an aggressive fall push to convince lawmakers to approve a long-term highway bill that has eluded transportation advocates for the better part of a decade. Federal funding for road and transit programs is set to expire on Oct. 29… The union says it is launching its campaign to persuade Congress to pass a long-term bill this fall because "the nations roads, bridges, ports, airports, railroads and mass transit systems are crumbling." "Most Americans use these systems every day, including hundreds of thousands of Teamsters who are truckers, railroad workers, bus drivers, building tradesmen and others," the group said in a packet that it will provide to members of Congress next week. Continued…
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