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September 19, 2025

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TTD Applauds House Bill to Provide Overtime Tax Deduction Benefit to Millions of Workers

WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued the following statement in support of House legislation to expand a current provision in the U.S. tax code that allows workers to deduct overtime pay above their normal hourly wage for tax purposes: “Today, we commend Representatives
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September 19, 2025

News and Media, TTD on the Hill

TTD Supports Bipartisan Legislation To Expand No Tax on Overtime Pay

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) introduced bipartisan legislation alongside Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Congressman Nick LaLota (NY-1), Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-4), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), and Congressman Tom Suozzi (NY-3) to expand a key provision of the Working Families Tax Cut to eliminate federal taxes on overtime pay for all union workers. Unions provide
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September 18, 2025

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SCOOP: Iryna Zarutska stabbing fuels transit safety overhaul talks in House

Reported by Elizabeth Elkind for Fox News The House of Representatives is charging ahead with discussions on how to bolster trust in public transit after the deadly stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee in Charlotte, N.C. A panel of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is holding a closed-door roundtable with federal transit officials, as well
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September 17, 2025

News and Media, TTD on the Hill

TTD Supports Bipartisan Legislation To Repeal Union-Busting Executive Orders

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), and Tim Kaine (D-VA) today introduced the Protect America’s Workforce Act – bipartisan legislation to repeal two union-busting executive orders and restore collective bargaining rights and workplace protections for federal workers. This legislation comes in response to
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September 15, 2025

News and Media, Press Releases and Statements

During National Rail Safety Week, Rail Labor Renews Calls for Safety Reforms

WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued the following statement to commemorate Rail Safety Week, which runs from September 15-21, 2025: “As America’s largest transportation labor federation, representing the totality of rail labor and a voice for hundreds of thousands of skilled rail workers,
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September 8, 2025

News and Media, Press Releases and Statements

Transportation Labor Opposes Trump’s Deregulatory Safety Agenda

WASHINGTON – Last week, a coalition of 39 labor unions responded to the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to dozens of federal safety rules and regulations. The responses, submitted by the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department (TTD) on behalf of the 39 member unions, highlighted how the Trump Administration’s deregulatory proposals at the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
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September 6, 2025

News and Media, TTD in the news

Trump is trying to fire a railroad regulator who protects Iowa interests | Opinion

Reported by Scott Syroka for Des Moines Register When no one seemed to listen to these concerns, or even care, Primus did. It’s no surprise then that he would go on to be the lone dissenting voice in opposing that merger. And with that kind of record of doing what’s right, this is how he’s
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August 28, 2025

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Trump Fires Member of Board That Approves Railroad Mergers

Reported by Emmett Lindner for The New York Times The White House moved late Wednesday to terminate Robert E. Primus, a board member of the federal regulator responsible for approving railroad mergers, including one currently under review between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. The A.F.L.-C.I.O. Transportation Trades Department issued a statement on Thursday calling for
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August 28, 2025

News and Media, Press Releases and Statements

Rail Labor Statement on Firing of STB Member Robert Primus

WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued the following statement in response to the firing of Robert Primus, Member of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) and its former Chairman: “STB Member Robert Primus has been a thoughtful leader in carrying forward the Board’s mission
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August 21, 2025

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Transportation Department Quietly Disbands Advisory Committees

Reported by James Baratta for The American Prospect. Like many federal agencies, the Department of Transportation (DOT) uses advisory committees, primarily to help draft safety regulations for the freight rail, passenger rail, and trucking industries. The panels are composed of experts in the field and key stakeholders for both industry and its workers. And now
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