In These Times
06-07-2017, 06:18 AM
Promising “cheaper, faster and safer travel (http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/05/news/trump-privatize-air-traffic-control/),” the Trump administration announced a plan this week to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system.
The announcement Monday marked the first day of the administration’s “infrastructure week,” a series of publicity events around one of the only areas of the president’s agenda that has intrigued some union leaders and Democratic legislators.
What they had hoped for was an increase in public spending to create good jobs and repair our nation’s transportation systems. What Trump wants is to give public assets away to corporate interests, while reducing pay and benefit standards for workers.
More... (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20196/trump_wants_to_privatize_air_traffic_control_what_could_possibly_go_wrong/)
The announcement Monday marked the first day of the administration’s “infrastructure week,” a series of publicity events around one of the only areas of the president’s agenda that has intrigued some union leaders and Democratic legislators.
What they had hoped for was an increase in public spending to create good jobs and repair our nation’s transportation systems. What Trump wants is to give public assets away to corporate interests, while reducing pay and benefit standards for workers.
More... (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20196/trump_wants_to_privatize_air_traffic_control_what_could_possibly_go_wrong/)