Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa praised the House of Representatives on Thursday for swiftly passing HR 2200, which would tighten transportation security.

Hoffa also thanked House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson for his work on the bill authorizing spending for the Transportation Security Administration.

FedEx is launching a deceptive public relations campaign to preserve the legal loophole it has exploited for decades.

FedEx is the sole beneficiary of a provision that its lobbyists quietly slipped back into legislation in October 1996, making FedEx Express the only freight and package-delivery company in the United States whose non-FAA-certified employees are regulated under the Railway Labor Act governing airlines and railroads.

Aviation Lawyer Has Extensive Labor Experience

(WASHINGTON, DC) – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced Friday that Steve Nagrotsky has been named deputy director of the union’s Airline Division.

Nagrotsky has 27 years experience with the Air Line Pilots Association and is an expert on collective bargaining and Railway Labor Act contract enforcement. Further, he has extensive experience in arbitrations, negotiations and as an advisor to labor groups.