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Big Four Airline Lobbyist Told Congress Deregulation Lifts Workers. At Newark, United Is Proving Otherwise.

By Ana Maria Hill, Vice President and New Jersey State Director, 32BJ SEIU Last month, the airline industry’s top lobbyist appeared before Congress to paint a rosy picture of an industry that prioritizes not only passengers, but workers. At a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on competition in the airline industry, Airlines for America (A4A) President […]

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