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Issue Harris-Walz Trump-Vance Project 2025 The Harris-Walz campaign vehemently oppos- es the Trump-Vance "Project 2025" agenda. In addi on to banning public sector unions, Project 2025 recommends (page 633) that a new Administra on: "Separate the ATO from the FAA and relo- cate it to separate headquarters outside the District of Columbia." (This should be viewed as an ini al step to priva ze ATC). Require the FAA to "operate more like a business." (This occurred under the Bush administra on with restructuring that a empted to manage the ATO with a business model. Ul mately this led to the Imposed Work Rules and a 30% reduc on in pay bands). Give the ATO "a deadline a er which it could not authorize or fund any more non-digital/remote control towers." Although Former President Trump has sought to distance himself from Project 2025, docu- ments and training videos show that numer- ous people associated with the plan previously or currently work for Trump and intend to implement these policies should he win the elec on. As far back as 2022, Trump endorsed the group and its efforts, sta ng: "This is a great group and they're going to lay the groundwork and detail plans for exactly what our move- ment will do and what your movement will do when the American people give us a colossal mandate to save America." Poli ciza on of Federal Civil Service Employees The Biden-Harris Administra on rescinded another Trump Administra on EO crea ng "Schedule F" federal employees and issued a new rule strengthening civil service protec ons. Former President Trump issued a sweeping an -labor EO to create a new category of federal employees ("Schedule F") to strip civil service protec ons from thousands of federal employees, enabling the President to priori ze hiring poli cal loyalists instead of qualified employees. Project 2025 promises to reinstate this policy (page 80). National Air Traffic Controllers Association | www.natca.org Comparing the Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance Records on Issues Important to NATCA

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