As a sign of solidarity, air traffic controllers in Canada bought some 300 pizzas for their US colleagues. Since late December, due to the partial government shutdown, about 10,000 air traffic control workers in the US have been working without pay. Marco Werman talks with Peter Duffey, president of the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association.
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