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Letters To Congress

Industry & Labor Groups Urge House to Streamline Security Credentialing Process for Transportation Workers

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December 6, 2023 The Honorable Mark Green Chairman Committee on Homeland Security U.S. House of Representatives 176 Ford House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Bennie Thompson Ranking Member Committee on Homeland Security U.S. House of Representatives H2-117 Ford House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Green and Ranking Member Thompson, We, the […]

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Rail Labor Urges House Hearing on Rail Safety

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December 1, 2023 The Honorable Mike Johnson Speaker United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Sam Graves Chairman United States House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure Washington, D.C. 20510 Speaker Johnson and Chairman Graves: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), representing the totality of U.S. freight rail workers, I […]

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Rail Labor Urges Senate Floor Vote on Rail Safety Bill

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December 1, 2023 The Honorable Chuck Schumer Senate Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Senate Minority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), representing the totality of U.S. freight rail workers, I urge […]

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TTD Urges Senate Vote on National Mediation Board Members

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November 21, 2023 The Honorable Chuck Schumer Senate Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Majority Leader Schumer: On behalf of our affiliated unions representing hundreds of thousands of airline and rail workers, I ask that you expeditiously schedule a Senate Floor vote on the reappointment of National Mediation Board (NMB) Members Linda Puchala […]

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TTD Opposes Senate Joint Resolution 38

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November 8, 2023 Dear Senator: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), and the thousands of workers we represent in manufacturing and electrification, we urge you to oppose the Congressional Review Act Joint Resolution 38 (S.J.Res 38). If enacted, this legislation would undermine the long term growth of our nation’s manufacturing capacity, especially […]

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NDAA SIGN-ON LETTER: Enhance Domestic Content for Defense

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November 6, 2023 Dear Member of Congress: As House and Senate conferees continue to negotiate the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), urges you to sign the letter (below) supporting language that would strengthen domestic content preferences for major defense programs. This language, Section 869 of H.R. […]

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Rail Labor Opposes House Transportation Appropriations (THUD) Bill

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October 31, 2023 Dear Representative, The undersigned labor organizations, representing the totality of rail labor, write to urge you to vote against the proposed Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) fiscal year 2024 spending bill when it comes to a vote in the full House of Representatives.  The entirety of rail labor stands in opposition […]

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Rail Labor Opposes Freights First Act, H.R. 3893

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Congressman Burlison: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), representing hundreds of thousands of rail workers across the passenger and freight rail industries, I write to strongly oppose your Freights First Act, H.R. 3893. This legislation would eliminate a federal provision that gives Amtrak trains the “right of preference” over freight trains on […]

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Maritime Unions Urge Senate to Support American Farmers Feed the World Act

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October 3, 2023 Dear Senator: On behalf of the undersigned American maritime labor organizations and the thousands of American licensed and unlicensed merchant mariners and longshore workers we represent we ask that you cosponsor and support S 2862, the American Farmers Feed the World Act of 2023. The enactment of this bipartisan legislation will feed […]

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Maritime Labor Supports American Farmers Feed the World Act

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September 25, 2023 Dear Representative: On behalf of the undersigned American maritime labor organizations and the thousands of American licensed and unlicensed merchant mariners and longshore workers we represent we ask that you cosponsor and support HR 4293, the American Farmers Feed the World Act of 2023. This enactment of this bipartisan legislation will feed […]

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