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May 22, 2023

News and Media, TTD in the news

TTD, AFL-CIO MET WITH MEMBER UNIONS

Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO President Greg Regan joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the TTD’s recent Executive Committee Meeting. Regan also discussed the growing concerns surrounding rail safety and the Rail Safety Bill that could improve rail safety if passed. The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO recently met with leaders of their 37…
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May 19, 2023

TTD on the Hill

TTD SUPPORTS LEGISLATION TO SECURE FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR FLIGHT CREWS TO PUMP ABOARD AIRCRAFT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Val Hoyle (D-OR-04) teamed up to introduce bicameral, bipartisan legislation to address the urgent need for clear rules and regulations allowing flight crews to safely pump breastmilk aboard aircraft. With the PUMP Act of 2022 included in the Fiscal Year 2023 year-end federal funding bill, millions…
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May 19, 2023

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Transportation Labor Leaders Convene to Discuss Policy Priorities

WASHINGTON — More than 30 U.S. transportation labor union leaders gathered at a legislative summit to set key policy goals that will improve the safety and well-being of the nation’s transportation systems and the workers who build, operate, and maintain them. Attendees welcomed keynote remarks from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and National Transportation Safety Board…
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May 17, 2023

TTD on the Hill

TTD Supports Legislation that Would Finally Guarantee Paid Sick Leave to Workers in America

WASHINGTON, May 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), along with 42 of their colleagues in the Senate and 80 in the House of Representatives, today introduced legislation that would ensure the United States finally joins virtually every other major country…
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May 17, 2023

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Union group pushes for passage of rail safety bill

Rail union representatives are poised to adopt a policy statement that urges Congress to pass a rail safety bill — one that mandates a minimum of two-person crew sizes on all passenger and freight trains, regulates train lengths exceeding 7,500 feet and ensures adequate inspections of rail cars, locomotives and brakes. The latest policy statement…
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May 12, 2023

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For House Rail Subcommittee, an Earful on Supply Chain Improvements

Reported by Marybeth Luczak for Railway Age. The rail industry’s role in overcoming supply chain challenges was the theme of a May 11 hearing of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. It was part of what the T&I Committee called its continued “focus on ongoing supply chain…
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May 12, 2023

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Rail industry leaders update House panel on supply-chain progress, challenges

Reported by Progressive Railroading. Rail, shipper and labor representatives yesterday testified on rail industry supply-chain “resilience and challenges” at a hearing called by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Rail, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials. Chaired by U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), the subcommittee members heard testimony from and asked questions of Association of…
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May 12, 2023

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Freight rail stakeholders lay out their challenges before Congress

Reported by Joanna Marsh for Freightwaves. Longer trains, employee morale and the role of technology in freight rail operations came under at times withering scrutiny at a U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing. The hearing, convened to discuss supply chain challenges in the freight rail industry, became a forum for discussion of hot-button topics.…
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May 10, 2023

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Rail Labor Blasts Congress for Cutting Rail Worker Benefits

WASHINGTON—During the pandemic, Congress temporarily paused arbitrary federal reductions to rail worker unemployment and sickness insurance program benefits, until 30 days after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. When Congress passed legislation declaring an end to the Covid-19 national emergency, which President Biden signed on April 10, it set in motion the 30-day countdown to…
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May 1, 2023

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Statement On FRA Safety Advisory On Train Length

WASHINGTON – Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued this statement after the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a safety advisory regarding accident mitigation and train length: “We welcome recent rail safety actions from the Federal Railroad Administration, including the safety advisory drawing attention to the complexities of…
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