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Union says FAA missed deadline to start ramp‑worker safety review required by 2024 FAA law
Summary
Transport Workers Union officials told the House subcommittee the FAA has not initiated a mandated ramp worker safety review and said the agency missed the November 2024 deadline spelled out in the FAA reauthorization; union witnesses described recent fatalities and called for immediate action.
The Transport Workers Union told the House Subcommittee on Aviation that the FAA has not initiated a legally mandated review of ramp worker safety and that the delay leaves frontline workers exposed to known hazards.
Andre Sutton, air division director and international vice president of TWU, told the committee that the reauthorization law requires the FAA to "issue a call to action to review ramp workers' safety practices" and that the agency had…
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