Policy

April 15, 2024 Dear Representative: On behalf of our affiliated unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of aviation workers, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to join Congressman Chuy Garcia (D-IL) in a letter to House leadership (below) to ask that no change to the statutory pilot retirement age for commercial airline pilots […]

April 9, 2024 Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), and the many maritime workers that we represent, I urge you to sign the bipartisan Dear Colleague letter being circulated by Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT), Robert Wittman (R-VA), and Trent Kelly (R-MS) requesting full funding for the Maritime Security Program (MSP) […]

April 8, 2024  Dear Representative: On behalf of our affiliated unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of aviation workers, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to join Congressional Labor Caucus co-chairs  Mark Pocan (D-WI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), and Steven Horsford (D-NV), along with Representatives Grace Meng (D-NY) and Andrew Garbarino […]

April 5, 2024   The Honorable Michael Whitaker Administrator Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC  20591       RE:   Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certificated Repair Station Employees Located Outside of the United States                 Docket No. FAA-2012-1058 Dear Administrator Whitaker: On behalf of […]

April 3, 2024 Ann Phillips Maritime Administrator Maritime Administration United States Department of Transportation Dear RADM Phillips: On behalf of the men and women of maritime labor, we are writing to you today to discuss our concerns regarding the upcoming recovery and repair work on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and the reopening of the […]

April 1, 2024 Mr. Karl Alexy Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety & Chief Safety Officer Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington DC, 20590      RE:     Petition for Waiver of Compliance, Georgia Central Railway, L.P. and Heart of Georgia Railroad, Inc.      Docket No. FRA-2023-0066 Dear Mr. Alexy: On behalf of […]

March 28, 2024 The Honorable Maria Cantwell Chair Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Ted Cruz Ranking Member Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chair Cantwell and Ranking Member Cruz: On behalf of our affiliated unions representing hundreds of thousands […]

March 18, 2024 The Honorable Sam Graves, Chair Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Rick Larsen, Ranking Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Daniel Webster, Chair Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation United States House […]

WRITTEN STATEMENT OF GREG REGAN, PRESIDENT TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO ________________________________________ FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC HEARING ON PARALLEL SYSTEMS TEST PROGRAM March 12, 2024 On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) and our 37 affiliated unions, I want to thank the FRA for scheduling today’s public hearing. The members represented by TTD-affiliated unions […]

March 8, 2024  Norfolk Southern Shareholders:  I am writing on behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO and the unionized workers on Norfolk  Southern as represented by our affiliated unions. We are gravely concerned by recent news reports that a hedge  fund, Ancora Holdings, has amassed a $1 billion stake in Norfolk Southern with the […]