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CNN: 80,000 Furloughed as Bus Industry Grinds to a Halt
"Every small business I think across America is hurting at some level," Pantuso said. "But there are very few other industries that are almost completely shut down with no hope of coming back for at least six months, next year
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Industry Advocates Question Why CERTS Act is Being Ignored
We have been begging and pleading with Congressional leaders, especially Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell and the White House, for more than seven months to provide our industries a lifeline to save our essential employees and our businesses.
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Politicians Need Buses, But Congress Has Left Us Stalled
"We turned to Congress for help, our appeals have been ignored, yet here we are in election season these same politicians turn to our buses to help them keep their jobs – when will they help us keep ours?"
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Isn’t It Supposed to be a Numbers Game?
While other transportation sectors threaten of future job losses, the motorcoach industry is experiencing heavy job losses today.
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Politico: Thousands of Aviation Layoffs Loom amid a Dysfunctional Congress
"With other modes of transportation, like the airlines, asking for more money in addition to what they received in the CARES Act, we are asking for Congress and the Administration to help us first before giving even more to those
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Motorcoach Industry Stunned that House Bill Once Again Ignores the Industry
It is absolutely stunning that the motorcoach industry was again ignored by leaving this industry out of the second Heroes Act attempt when more than 200 representatives have co-sponsored the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act.
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CERTS Act Hits 200 Co-Sponsors in House
"Our industry has lost most of our nearly 100,000 jobs since March. Bus drivers, administrative personnel, mechanics, tour directors, accountants and all the other highly skilled workers that help this industry provide safe and reliant transportation want to come back
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Majority of Senate Supports CERTS Act to Help Decimated Motorcoach Industry
"The CERTS Act is the lifeline the industry needs to survive the pandemic," said Peter Pantuso, president & CEO of ABA.
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Bus Industry Asks Congress to Give Financial Assistance to Industries that Have Yet to be Helped
"This is not a theoretical situation of what will happen to the United States transportation system IF the motorcoach industry fails, but more of a real scenario of who will pick up our customers and rescue American citizens in harm's
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Freightwaves: Pandemic Creating Existential Crisis for Nation’s Bus Industry
The question now facing the bus business is how many of those small operators who might eventually go under, or who have done so already, will come back.
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