Labor group credits Obama for transportation job gains; knocks Romney response

{mosads} Wytkind cited the transportation numbers as proof that Obama was turning the overall U.S. economy around.

“For the transit and ground passenger transportation sector alone, 9,200 jobs were created just in the last month, a 9.2 percent increase over August,” he said. “The rail sector saw an increase of 1,400 jobs. While more needs to be done to create and sustain employment across all modes of transportation, we know the president’s focus on middle-class job creation is working, and is putting our economy on the right trajectory.”

The AFL-CIO has endorsed Obama’s bid for reelection over his Republican opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Wytkind criticized Romney’s comments on the unemployment numbers Friday, when the GOP presidential hopeful dismissed the dip in unemployment as a byproduct of people stopping their searches for jobs.

Wytkind said however that the jobs report was “another clear reminder of the choice in this election for our members.

“It is a choice between a president who has made modernizing and expanding our transportation system a centerpiece of his economic agenda, and his opponent whose plan for America would cut half a million transportation jobs in his first year in office through reckless budget-slashing,” he said.