Press Releases and Statements

Legislation Will Restore Critical Railroader Lifeline WASHINGTON — Railroad unemployment and sickness benefits will be fully restored for the more than 200,000 railroad workers and their families as the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act heads to President Biden’s desk for signature. Included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), this important legislation will finally remove these…

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WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, issued this statement in support of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) final rule requiring employees at foreign air repair stations to be held to the same drug and alcohol testing standards as U.S. aviation maintenance personnel:…

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WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, issued this statement after the House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 281-140, the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): “As America’s largest transportation labor federation, we are pleased that this NDAA will…

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WASHINGTON – Yesterday, America’s largest transportation labor federation, the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO (TTD), gathered dozens of U.S. labor union leaders at an Executive Committee Meeting in Washington, D.C. Looking toward the next Congress and incoming Trump-Vance Administration, the leaders outlined policy goals to support frontline transportation workers and welcomed remarks from AFL-CIO…

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WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, issued this statement of support of America’s largest port workers union, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), as they continue negotiations with USMX ahead of the October 1 expiration of the current contract: “As America’s largest transportation…

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WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued the following statement after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a first-ever General Directive aimed at protecting America’s frontline transit workers from assault: “Earlier today, a bus was hijacked at gunpoint in Los Angeles. While the driver…

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WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued this statement after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) met yesterday to issue safety recommendations related to the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio: “The NTSB’s findings and safety recommendations are an indictment of widespread safety…

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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, issued the following statement after the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a final rule that requires railroads to provide first responders with electronic real-time train consist information about the transportation of hazardous materials in their communities: “As the nation’s largest…

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WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, issued this statement of support for America’s largest port workers union, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which halted contract negotiations with port management this week: “From coast to coast, we stand strong with union port workers…

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WASHINGTON– Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, issued the following statement after the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued final rules that require railroads to establish formal programs for the certification and training of dispatchers and signalmen: “As the nation’s largest transportation labor federation, representing the entirety of freight rail…

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