Press Releases and Statements

WASHINGTON – On behalf of our 39 affiliated labor unions, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) issued the following statement ahead of the expected Senate Floor vote on H.R. 6500, the Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government and extend transportation funding: “Today, the Senate will vote on a Continuing Resolution to extend current funding…

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WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the bipartisan Bus Operator Safety and Security Act, the companion bill to H.R. 6635, introduced in December by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Members Shomari C. Figures (D-AL-02) and Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ-02). The bill would require the installation of protective barriers on…

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WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) met to consider several bills and voted unanimously to advance S. 4965, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) Stability Act of 2026.  Since 1935, the RRB has administered retirement, survivor, disability, unemployment, and sickness benefits for rail workers, retirees, and their families. Despite…

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WASHINGTON – On behalf of our 39 affiliated labor unions, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) issued the following statement ahead of the expected House Floor vote on the Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government: “As the end of the fiscal year approaches and Congress considers an extension of funding for transportation programs, we…

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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), released the following statement to express opposition to David Cummins’ nomination to lead the Transportation Security Administration (TSA):  “For more than two decades, Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) have worked to keep the flying public safe 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 commemorating the 106th anniversary of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, more commonly known as the Jones Act: “As America’s largest transportation labor federation, representing thousands of maritime workers across the United States, 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 support of the 3,500 Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) employees on strike: “As America’s largest transportation labor federation, representing the five unions in the Long Island Rail Road Bargaining Coalition, we express our…

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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 commending the 44 Senators who signed a letter urging their colleagues to support robust funding for transportation infrastructure at Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) levels in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Transportation, Housing, and Urban…

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Washington, D.C. (April 30, 2026) — United for Infrastructure has launched Building a Stronger America, a campaign highlighting how infrastructure investment is strengthening communities and calling on Congress to support long‑term, reliable federal funding to maintain the progress made toward maintaining and modernizing our nation’s infrastructure. Elevating the ground-level impact of federal infrastructure funding is…

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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 urging the House of Representatives to pass legislation approved by the Senate to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end the partial government shutdown: “For nearly six weeks, tens of thousands of Transportation…

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