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 to ensure that railroaders, aviation professionals, seafarers, truckers and other workers are not excluded from the overtime tax deduction.
As currently written, the overtime tax deduction is available only to workers covered under the overtime provisions of Fair Labor Standards Act, thereby leaving out hundreds of thousands of workers. Senator Cantwell’s amendment offers a clear and necessary fix by including railroaders, pilots, flight attendants, seafarers, truckers, and other workers currently left out.
If you have any questions or concerns about this vote recommendation, please do not hesitate to reach out to TTD Legislative Representative Lucy Shaw at lucy@ttd.org.
Sincerely,
Greg Regan
President