The union representing more than 13,000 U.S. air traffic controllers on Monday urged workers to remain on the job during the ongoing partial government shutdown that requires them to work without pay.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association are holding a press conference on Monday at Newark Liberty International Airport to discuss the impacts of the shutdown. The airport near New York City is a major United Airlines hub.

President Donald Trump has made transportation a focal point in a government shutdown battle with the Democrats, cutting off more than $28 billion of aid for climate programs, subways, tunnels and mass transit in Democratic-leaning states like New York and Illinois.

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