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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

News and Media, TTD in the news

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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June 8, 2023

News and Media, TTD in the news

Jobs at stake as California port terminal upgrades to green technology

Unions hope a $30 million grant to electrify tractors in a Long Beach, California, port terminal’s final push to become the world’s first zero-emissions facility will serve as a bulwark against lost jobs in an era of energy transition and increasing automation. The money from U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration for Long Beach Container Terminal’s…
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June 6, 2023

Press Releases and Statements

Aviation Leaders Warn of Safety Threat As DOT Prepares to Rule on SkyWest Petition

WASHINGTON – Today, aviation leaders warned how the nation’s largest regional air carrier, SkyWest Airlines, is attempting to undermine aviation safety with its petition to the Department of Transportation (DOT) to operate under public charter rules. Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) President Captain Jason Ambrosi and Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) President Sara Nelson…
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June 6, 2023

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Unions urge DOT to reject SkyWest charter application

Unions for pilots and flight attendants, as well as former Rep. Peter DeFazio, on Tuesday, made an 11th-hour pitch urging DOT to reject a proposal from SkyWest Airlines to operate charter flights under less stringent FAA regulations that would allow their pilots to fly with less than 1,500 hours of training. Former House Transportation Chair…
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June 5, 2023

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Norfolk Southern is 1st railroad to give all workers sick time as others negotiate with unions

Norfolk Southern became the first major North American freight railroad with deals to provide paid sick time to all of its workers Monday, but the other railroads are making progress, with nearly 65% of all rail workers securing this basic benefit since the start of the year. All of the major freight railroads have said…
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June 2, 2023

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Ailing transit agencies to keep pandemic funding in debt ceiling deal

Beleaguered transit agencies will keep access to unspent pandemic aid even as billions in other federal relief funding was pulled back in the debt ceiling deal, a special reprieve that reflects the deep problems still facing the nation’s bus and train networks. A push by House Republicans to drain dozens of federal accounts of unused…
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May 31, 2023

Press Releases and Statements

TTD Statement on Debt Ceiling Agreement

WASHINGTON – Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued this statement in support of the negotiated deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to raise the debt ceiling, approve a budget, and avoid an economic crisis: “We urge Congress to pass the Fiscal…
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