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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jenifer McCormick 202-628-9262 – office 202-340-5351 – cell phone JeniferM@ttd.org Bill Long Overdue as Accident Rate Increases and Corporate Profits Soar Washington, D.C. – Transportation labor leaders mobilized around an aggressive rail safety agenda in the wake of rising train accidents, fatalities and injuries including a rash of horrific wrecks involving…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jenifer McCormick 202-628-9262 – office 202-340-5351 – cell phone JeniferM@ttd.org U.S. Aviation at Critical Juncture as FAA Reauthorization Looms Washington, D.C. – Transportation labor leaders unveiled an FAA Reauthorization agenda that “enhances aviation safety, protects aviation employees, supports good jobs and boosts aviation trust fund and general treasury funding to ensure…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jenifer McCormick 202-628-9262 JeniferM@ttd.org Most Amtrak Workers Now in Their 8th Year Without a Wage Increase Washington, D.C. – Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, testified today before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development. He focused on the Administration’s gross lack of understanding of…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jenifer McCormick 202-628-9262 JeniferM@ttd.org Rules Doomed to Fail Without Adequate Resources and Strong Enforcement Washington, D.C. – Today, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, filed comments in response to new rules regarding railroad and transit security proposed by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jenifer McCormick 202-628-9262 JeniferM@ttd.org Washington, D.C. – Today, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs  approved  the Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. The bill makes much-needed improvements in transit security. Chief among them is transit worker security training, which the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO has spent years…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Jenifer McCormick 202/628-9262 JeniferM@ttd.org Union Pacific Withdraws Request to Outsource Safety Inspections to Mexico Washington, D.C. – The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, in response to Union Pacific Corp. withdrawing its request before the Federal Railroad Administration to contract out safety inspections…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For further information contact: Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO 202/628-9262 Proposal Ran Afoul of Longstanding Federal Aviation Law WASHINGTON, DC –  The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, in response to the Department of Transportation’s decision today to withdraw its proposal permitting foreign interests…

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For Immediate Release For Further Information Contact TTD, AFL-CIO 202.628.9262 WASHINGTON, DC– The lack of any comprehensive, mandatory security training for rail and transit workers five years after September 11, 2001 is “difficult to believe,” a transportation labor leader told a House Subcommittee on Homeland Security today.  Despite multiple attacks on transit and rail systems…

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For Immediate Release For Further Information Contact TTD, AFL-CIO 202.628.9262 WASHINGTON, DC– Transportation labor leaders today called on Congress to stop Amtrak’s Board from trading away the safety, reliability and efficiency of our national passenger rail system through “destructive and misguided efforts to break-up Amtrak and outsource as many jobs as possible.” At the biannual…

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For Immediate Release For Further Information Contact TTD, AFL-CIO 202.628.9262 WASHINGTON, DC– Saying that “flight attendant unions have mounting evidence that a disproportionate number of flight attendants who routinely work in cabins with poor air quality suffer from respiratory problems and a range of health difficulties including severe headaches, loss of balance, tremors, and short-term…

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