Letters To Congress

October 15, 2009 The Honorable Bob Corker United States Senate 185 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Corker: I am writing in response to your September 30 letter to the National Mediation Board (NMB), in which you challenge a letter I wrote to the NMB on behalf of the 32 member unions […]

Dear Representative:   On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to support and cosponsor the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009 (H.R. 847).  This bi-partisan bill would provide medical monitoring, treatment, and compensation to emergency responders, recovery and clean-up workers, and others suffering serious diseases as a […]

The Honorable Harry Reid Majority Leader The United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510   The Honorable Mitch McConnell Minority Leader The United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510   Dear Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell:   On behalf of the affiliated unions of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), we urge your support for […]

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker The United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C.  20515   The Honorable John Boehner Minority Leader The United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C.  20515   Dear Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Boehner:   On behalf of the affiliated unions of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), we urge your […]

Dear Senator: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to cosponsor the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act (S.1422) which addresses an anomaly that has prevented airline flight crews from qualifying for coverage under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).  As you know, the FMLA allows eligible workers to […]

The Honorable Barbara Boxer Chair Senate Environment and Public Works Committee 112 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C.  20510   Dear Senator Boxer:   Let me first express our appreciation to you for your leadership in supporting initiatives – including the economic recovery legislation – to turn around the economy and create jobs.  It is […]

Dear Senator: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) I urge you to include language in the Senate FAA reauthorization bill that will enhance the safety and oversight of aircraft repair stations especially those located abroad but working on U.S. aircraft.  Specifically, the FAA bill must ensure that foreign stations are inspected at […]

Dear Representative: We are writing to express our strong support for an amendment to be offered to HR 2647, the Department of Defense authorization legislation, by Congressman Elijah Cummings.  Specifically, this amendment would require the Secretary to provide embarked military personnel to board United States-flagged vessels carrying U.S. government cargo in regions at high risk […]

Dear Senator:   As the Senate considers the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009, I want to reiterate our strong support for inclusion of language that will ensure the ground workers at FedEx Express and other entities deemed express carriers are covered by the same labor law and that workers are given a fair chance to […]

Dear Representative:   On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I ask you to cosponsor the Transportation Job Corps Act of 2009 (H.R. 2497).  This legislation, introduced by Rep. Jerry Nadler, will help ensure that current and future transit workers receive the skills training they need to excel in this growing and important […]