Letters To Congress

Dear Senator: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, I encourage you to support the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century legislation (MAP-21) offered by Senators Boxer, Inhofe, Baucus and Vitter.  This bipartisan bill, which will be marked up in the Environment and Public Works Committee this week, would reauthorize the federal-aid […]

Dear Senator: On behalf of the unions who represent the nation’s front-line transportation workers, I urge you to support the Rebuild America Jobs Act (S. 1769).  This legislation will put hundreds of thousands of Americans back to work with transportation system and infrastructure improvements that create jobs today and accelerate the economy in the future. […]

Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to cosponsor the Local Flexibility for Transit Assistance Act (H.R. 3200), introduced by Reps. Russ Carnahan (D-MO) and Steve LaTourette (R-OH). This bipartisan bill will preserve public transportation service around the country and save thousands of jobs. Transit systems across the […]

Dear Senator:   On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to support the Senate version of the American Jobs Act (S. 1660) offered by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).  Our national leaders must make a bipartisan commitment to immediate job creation and passage of the American Jobs Act would show […]

Dear Senator:   On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to support the Senate version of the American Jobs Act (S. 1660) offered by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).  Our national leaders must make a bipartisan commitment to immediate job creation and passage of the American Jobs Act would show […]

Dear Senator: As the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee marks-up the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Authorization Act of 2011, I urge you to oppose efforts by Senator Coburn to eliminate railroad and over-the-road bus transportation security grant programs.  The funds distributed under these grant programs provide critical resources that enhance the security […]

Dear Representative/Senator:   Now that Congress has completed work on a funding extension for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), we urge you to turn your attention to swift completion of a multi-year FAA Reauthorization Act. Passage of an FAA bill is critical to air safety, will create more than 300,000 good jobs and will modernize […]

Dear Representative: On behalf of the 32 member unions of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), including the National Association of Letter Carriers, I urge you to support and co-sponsor the United States Postal Service Pension Obligation Recalculation and Restoration Act of 2011 (H.R. 1351), a common sense piece of legislation that would restore fiscal […]

The Honorable Patty Murray Chairman Senate Appropriations Transportation-HUD Subcommittee 448 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Susan Collins Ranking Member Senate Appropriations Transportation-HUD Subcommittee 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Murray and Ranking Member Collins: Last week, the House Appropriations Transportation-HUD Subcommittee marked up a bill that would […]

Dear Representative:  On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am writing to urge your support for the Surface and Air Transportation Program Extension Act of 2011 (H.R. 2887) when it is considered in the House of Representatives.  This legislation will extend surface transportation programs through March 31, 2012 and aviation programs until […]