Press Releases and Statements

WASHINGTON – Today, a broad coalition of aviation stakeholders released the statement below supporting Secretary Duffy’s Air Traffic Control modernization plan: “We strongly support Secretary Duffy’s plan to rebuild our nation’s air traffic control system. Recent issues—especially those at DCA and EWR—remind us of the urgent need for a sharp focus on the safety and…

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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 Supreme Court’s ruling, pausing a lower court’s order for the Trump Administration to rehire 16,000 probationary federal workers: “As America’s largest transportation labor federation representing thousands of federal workers, we…

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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 Trump Administration’s Executive Order ending collective bargaining rights for approximately 700,000 federal workers: “As America’s largest transportation labor federation representing thousands of federal workers, we condemn this blatant attack on…

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WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued this statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as the next Secretary of Labor: “During her time in Congress, Ms. Chavez-DeRemer showed a willingness to work across the aisle, engage with labor unions, and…

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WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued this statement in response to Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem’s announcement ending collective bargaining for more than 40,000 Transportation Security Officers employed by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA): “This is a reckless move by the Homeland Secretary and…

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WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued this statement in response to the Trump Administration’s firings of federal workers and destabilization of essential public services: “As America’s largest transportation labor federation, representing thousands of federal workers who are essential to our nation’s transportation safety…

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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, president and secretary-treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), released the following statement in response to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s announcement that the Department of Transportation will conduct a review of the California High-Speed Rail project to determine if $4 billion in grant funding from the Federal…

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WASHINGTON – Yesterday, rail union leaders gathered for a virtual media briefing to call for safety reforms across the freight rail industry on the two-year anniversary of the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. House Transportation Committee Vice Ranking Member Emilia Sykes (D-OH-13), Rail Subcommittee Ranking Member Dina Titus (D-NV-01), and Rail Subcommittee Member…

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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, president and secretary-treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), released the following statement in response to the mid-air collision of American Eagle Flight 5342, en route from Wichita, Kansas to Washington, D.C., and a military helicopter on a routine training flight near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:…

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Washington, D.C. – Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, president and secretary-treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued the following statement on Sean Duffy’s confirmation to serve as Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT): “Transportation labor congratulates Sean Duffy on his confirmation as Secretary of the Department of Transportation. As Transportation Secretary, Mr.…

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