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March 5, 2014

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Misguided Reform Effort in Senate Will Harm U.S. Postal Service

When it comes to the postal “reform” bill now before the U.S. Senate, you have to wonder what has happened to common sense. If Congress damages the U.S. Postal Service and imperils its future, is that reform? We say no, and we echo the TTD Executive Committee’s call for the Senate to reject S. 1486,…
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February 27, 2014

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Obama Administration Should Say No to Norwegian Airline Scheme

Our government shouldn’t reward airline companies that game our trade agreements and pursue a strategy to Walmart airline jobs. Norwegian Air Shuttle has cooked up just such a scheme, and the Obama Administration has a golden opportunity to send a message about U.S. resolve to defend good jobs and strategically critical industries such as aviation.…
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February 12, 2014

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Not Fixing the Highway Trust Fund Is Road to Ruin

If you rely on some form of surface transportation—car, bus, mass transit—to get around, you may be in for a shock later this year. The federal government’s Highway Trust Fund, which pays for the upkeep of our roads, bridges and public transit, could go broke as early as August unless Congress acts to restore its…
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February 5, 2014

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No Thanks to Walmarting the Airline Industry

By Lee Moak and Ed Wytkind We just concluded a remarkable meeting in Oslo, Norway, with our labor counterparts in Europe to accelerate a campaign against flag of convenience airlines that seek to scour the globe for low labor standards and lax rules and regulations. We gathered in Norway to make the case against Norwegian…
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January 28, 2014

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The State of the Union and Beyond

Tonight, President Obama will declare 2014 “a year of action” to expand opportunities for the middle class. We can work with that. Transportation unions are focused like a laser on rebuilding the economy and the middle class by modernizing and expanding our transportation system, and along the way rescuing millions of Americans caught in the…
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January 15, 2014

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America’s Transit Commuters Got a Late Holiday Gift Jan. 1

Happy New Year commuters. Well, not so much. Looks like 2014 ushered in an ugly reality for transit commuters: their transit benefits got slashed because the federal transit tax benefit was rolled back. What that means is that on January 1 the price to get to work—for those using buses, trains and subways—just went up.…
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December 30, 2013

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Rejecting Scrooge-like Transportation Budgets in 2014

[As published Dec. 27 by Edward Wytkind in the Huffington Post] Ebenezer Scrooge would love America’s approach to funding its transportation needs, but the miserly refusal by too many of our leaders to invest in transportation could haunt us for decades to come. That’s why our nation’s holiday wish list for 2014 must include a comprehensive…
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December 18, 2013

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High Stakes in Global Aviation

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A Norwegian airline registers its aircraft in Ireland, “rents” flight crews based in Thailand covered by the labor laws of Singapore, and then applies for a foreign air carrier permit from the United States. Unfortunately, this is not the start of a bad joke but a new business…
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December 11, 2013

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Putting a Spotlight on School Bus Safety

Last week TTD was proud to host our second School Bus Summit bringing together drivers, local union leaders and advocates and allies for a frank and productive discussion on the challenges facing this workforce. We covered a lot of ground—the need for more consistent driver training; challenges posed by overcrowded school buses and what do…
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December 6, 2013

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Saving Transit and Highway Programs From Insolvency

TTD was proud to stand with Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and other transportation advocates this week in support of new legislation that will fix the broken funding mechanism for our nation’s transit, highway and road safety programs. The bill, formally titled the Update, Promote, and Develop America’s Transportation Essentials (UPDATE) Act (H.R. 3636), would gradually…
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