Union: Romney-Ryan ticket would be a ‘disaster’ for transportation

{mosads}Wytkind said the new GOP ticket’s transportation positions contrasted poorly with President Obama’s, whom the AFL-CIO has endorsed in his bid for a second term.

“President Obama has called for the largest investment in our transportation system in modern history and has made rebuilding the middle-class and investing in real job creation the centerpiece of his economic agenda,” Wytkind wrote. “Clearly Romney and Ryan fail to understand the vital importance of transportation to job creation and our nation’s competitiveness in the global economy. Their vision that we can cut our way to prosperity is dangerous for America.”

Wytkind said the AFL-CIO TTD would make sure its members “understand exactly what is at stake this fall and just how damaging a Romney presidency would be to transportation jobs, the economy and our dwindling middle-class.”