Policy Archives

June 30, 2025

Letters To Congress, Policy

VOTE ALERT: Support Cantwell Amendment #2613 to fix the overtime tax deduction for workers

June 30, 2025 Dear Senator: As the Senate considers amendments to the reconciliation bill, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to vote YES on Amendment #2613 offered by Senator Maria Cantwell. As America’s largest transportation labor federation, representing 38 unions and millions of workers across the United States, TTD urges you to support this amendment…
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June 30, 2025

Letters To Congress, Policy

VOTE ALERT: Support Durbin Amendment #2586 & Cantwell #2611 for Air Traffic Control Modernization and Hiring

June 30, 2025 Dear Senator, As the Senate considers amendments to the reconciliation bill, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to vote YES on two amendments related to Air Traffic Control Modernization. The first is amendment #2586, offered by Senator Durbin, to insert the House of Representatives-passed Air Traffic Control Modernization provisions into the Senate budget reconciliation…
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June 30, 2025

Letters To Congress, Policy

VOTE ALERT: Support Cantwell Amendment #2609 to hire FAA Technicians

June 30, 2025 Dear Senator, As the Senate considers amendments to the reconciliation bill, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), urges you to vote YES on amendment #2609, offered by Senators Cantwell and Durbin, to hire additional Airway Transportation System Specialists at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Of the $3B already proposed for the purchase of radars, this amendment…
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June 30, 2025

Letters To Congress, Policy

VOTE ALERT: Support Cantwell-Markey Amendment #2763 striking federal AI moratorium

June 30, 2025 Dear Senator: As the Senate considers amendments to the reconciliation bill, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to vote YES on Amendment #2763 offered by Senators Maria Cantwell and Ed Markey striking the federal AI moratorium. As America’s largest transportation labor federation, representing 38 unions and millions of skilled trades workers, TTD urges…
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June 27, 2025

Federal Comments, Policy

TTD Opposes UP’s Request to Extend Yard Limits for PTC System

June 24, 2025 Ms. Carolyn Hayward-WilliamsDirector, Office of Railroad Systems and TechnologyFederal Railroad Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue SEWashington DC, 20590 RE: Union Pacific Railway’s Request To Amend Its Positive Train Control System TerritoryDocket No. FRA-2010-0061 Ms. Hayward-Williams: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad…
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June 24, 2025

Federal Comments, Policy

Aviation Labor Urges FAA to Reject Two-Year Delay for Secondary Barriers Implementation

June 23, 2025 U.S. Department of TransportationDocket Operations, M-30West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-1401200 New Jersey Avenue SEWashington, DC 20590 RE: A4A Petition for Expedited Exemption from 14 C.F.R. 121.131(I)Docket No. FAA-2025-0934 To Whom It May Concern: On behalf of the crew members represented by the Air Line Pilots Association Int’l (ALPA), the International Association…
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June 23, 2025

Letters To Congress, Policy

COSPONSOR REQUEST: Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act (H.R. 3449)

June 23, 2025 Dear Representative: On behalf of the vast majority of transit workers across the U.S. and the millions of your constituents back home that they help move every single day, we write asking for your support by cosponsoring the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act (H.R. 3449), introduced by Congressman Hank Johnson. This…
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June 18, 2025

Federal Comments, Policy

TTD Urges Secretary Duffy to Maintain Strong Regulatory Procedures at DOT

June 16, 2025 The Honorable Sean DuffySecretaryU.S. Department of Transportation1200 New Jersey Avenue SEWashington, D.C. 20590 RE: Administrative Rulemaking, Guidance, and Enforcement ProceduresDocket No. DOT-OST-2025-0007 Secretary Duffy: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) I am pleased to respond to the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) proposed rule regarding updates to its administrative rulemaking,…
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June 16, 2025

Letters to the Administration, Policy

99 Labor & Industry Groups Urge White House to Keep Job Corps Open

June 16, 2025 The Honorable Donald J. TrumpPresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Trump: On behalf of the undersigned organizations representing local businesses, national employers, and labor organizations across the skilled trades, we ask that you reverse the Department of Labor’s (DOL) decision to discontinue the Job Corps program. As you…
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June 16, 2025

Letters to the Administration, Policy

Senate Sign-On Letter: Oppose Single Pilot Airline Operations

June 16, 2025 Dear Senator: On behalf of our 38 affiliated unions representing millions of transportation workers, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to join Senators Sheehy and Duckworth on a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, urging the FAA to maintain U.S. leadership in aviation safety by opposing single piloted…
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