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July 13, 2023

News and Media, Press Releases and Statements

THUD Spending Bill Would Devastate America’s Transportation Systems

WASHINGTON—Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued this statement after the House Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) Subcommittee approved its fiscal year 2024 THUD spending bill: “The proposed fiscal year 2024 THUD spending bill would be disastrous for America’s transportation systems,…
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June 29, 2023

TTD on the Hill

TTD Supports Legislation to Improve Freight Rail Service for American Businesses

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced the Reliable Rail Service Act to help address the unreliable service and high costs of rail shipping for American businesses. The legislation, which is supported by members of the agriculture industry, labor organizations, energy producers, and manufacturers, ensures the largest freight railroads provide American businesses…
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June 22, 2023

TTD on the Hill

TTD Supports American-Grown Commodities for International Food Aid

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01), John Garamendi (CA-08), Rick Crawford (AR-01), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) introduced legislation that would ensure that U.S.-grown commodities remain the cornerstone of international food aid. “America’s international food aid programs have enjoyed bipartisan support for more than 65 years because they are simple, effective, and they feed…
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June 19, 2023

TTD in the news, News and Media

Upping the retirement age for pilots to 67 is facing fierce opposition — from pilots

Reported by Alexandra Skores for The Dallas Morning News. Pilots and flight attendant unions are sounding alarms at an attempt in Congress to raise the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots by two years to 67. The Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, which reauthorizes funding for the Federal Aviation Administration and…
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June 14, 2023

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TTD to Biden: Maintain STB’s Chairmanship

Reported by Marybeth Luczak for Railway Age. Removing Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chair Martin J. Oberman or failing to reappoint him “would undermine the significant progress the Board has made during his tenure,” Transportation Trades Department (TTD), AFL-CIO President Greg Regan wrote in a June 13 letter to President Joe Biden, which followed a May…
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June 14, 2023

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Fitzpatrick introduces bill to secure cargo aircraft cockpits

By Ripon Advance News Service. All cargo aircraft in the United States would be equipped with intrusion-resistant cockpit doors that remain locked while in flight under a bipartisan bill introduced on June 7 by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). The congressman signed on as the lead original cosponsor of the Cargo Flight Deck Security Act,…
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June 14, 2023

TTD in the news, News and Media

Rail unions urge Biden to keep current STB chair at helm

Reported by Joanna Marsh for Freightwaves. Rail labor groups are rallying around Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman, saying calls to strip him of his position misdiagnose the root cause of the industry’s woes: operational challenges associated with precision scheduled railroading (PSR). “We firmly believe that removing Chair Oberman or failing to reappoint him would…
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June 13, 2023

TTD on the Hill

TTD SUPPORTS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO MAINTAIN AVIATION FAIR LABOR STANDARDS

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), along with Congressman Drew Ferguson (R-GA), announced the introduction of bipartisan legislation to ensure fair labor standards are upheld by all airlines operating in the U.S. The Fair and Open Skies Act (H.R. 4021) would increase the United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) powers to regulate unfair business practices from…
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June 12, 2023

TTD on the Hill

TTD Supports the Airline Employee Assault Prevention Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Rob Menendez (D-NJ-08), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-02), and John Garamendi (D-CA-08) introduced the Airline Employee Assault Prevention Act. This bipartisan legislation would protect passengers and land-side airline employees such as ticket agents and airport workers by fixing a jurisdictional issue that prevents the FAA from implementing plans that would provide assault protections. “Assault and…
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June 12, 2023

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Rail labor rejects CPKC’s request for safety waiver

Rail labor groups are rejecting efforts by CPKC to extend and potentially make permanent a waiver that enables the Class I railroad from its Calgary, Alberta, office to dispatch trains at three locations near the U.S.-Canada border. Labor groups say allowing the waiver to become permanent would set a bad precedent and encourage other Class…
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