Press Releases and Statements

“We applaud the House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Lowey and Subcommittee Chairman Price for their leadership in crafting an appropriations bill that funds important aspects of our transportation system and preserves and protects good jobs at this critical time in our nation’s history.

Washington, DC – Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement applauding Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and a group of 26 U.S. Senators for urging Senate Leadership to prioritize $32 billion in emergency support for our nation’s public transit systems amid the ongoing Coronavirus crisis: “We applaud Sen. Robert Menendez […]

We applaud House passage of the Moving Forward Act, which makes unprecedented investments in our nation’s highways, rail network, public transit systems, ports, and aviation sector. We are also pleased this bill includes needed investments in water and energy infrastructure and funds important modernization efforts at the U.S. Postal Service.

Washington, DC — In a letter to Congressional leadership, the leaders of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), the Transport Workers Union (TWU), and the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), are calling on lawmakers […]

Washington, DC – Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement applauding passage of the INVEST in America Act: “We applaud the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for putting the needs of working families first by passing the INVEST in America Act. By making unprecedented investments into our nation’s […]

Washington, DC — Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement in support of the INVEST in America Act: “Transportation labor has long called for robust investments in our infrastructure that will reverse decades of neglect and ensure our transportation network can meet the demands of a 21st-century economy. By […]

“In the labor movement, we believe an injustice to one is an injustice to all. That is why immediate and swift justice for those responsible for this loss of life is not enough. As Americans, we must all see racism for the deadly disease that it is and stand against the systemic oppression and murder of people of color that has been allowed to go on for so long in this country.”

Washington, DC – Larry I. Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement opposing the nomination of Diana Furchtgott-Roth to Assistant Secretary of Transportation: “Now, more than ever, frontline transportation workers deserve voices at the Department of Transportation who will work with them, seek to improve safety, and expand middle-class job […]

Washington, DC – The leaders of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), the Transport Workers Union (TWU), UNITE HERE, and the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issue this joint statement in response to the […]

Washington, DC — Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement on the CARES Act: “We call on lawmakers in Washington to stand with working people by passing the CARES Act. This vital piece of legislation will provide desperately needed support to workers and their families, and ensure our economy […]