NextGen

WASHINGTON, DC—Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) President Edward Wytkind issues this statement on the impact of a government shutdown on transportation: “This is a dark day for our nation as extremists in Congress have managed to lock out 800,000 federal workers who have done nothing wrong, and have decided to hold Americans hostage to their […]

Dysfunction is alive and well in Washington while the economy limps along, federal workers feel like pawns, and Americans grow weary of obstructionist politicians. Extremists like Senator Ted Cruz have made it clear that they think nothing of shutting down the government, forcing the federal government to default on its debt and sinking the world’s […]

Partisan politics and gridlock are something we are all too familiar with in Washington, especially at the end of a presidential election year.  But when it comes to the stability of our aviation system and the enormous impact it has on our economy, there is no time for political brinksmanship.  This is why I have […]