Press Releases and Statements

WASHINGTON – National leaders from more than 30 transportation labor unions convened at a bi-annual Executive Committee meeting to adopt policy goals that support the workers who build, operate and maintain the nation’s transportation systems. Featured speakers included AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond, Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff…

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WASHINGTON — Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, issued the following statement after a key vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by a vote of 387-26, sending it to the president’s desk for signature: “I join labor leaders around the country…

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WASHINGTON — Ahead of a key vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, the nation’s top labor leaders voiced their support for swift action by the chamber of the U.S. Congress to pass the FAA reauthorization legislation and send it to the president’s desk for signature. “It is imperative that the House of Representatives pass…

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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, issued the following statement after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched federal investigations into Waymo and Zoox this week, nearly six months after dozens of transportation labor unions called for a federal investigation of this kind: “Six months after…

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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, issued the following statement after Norfolk Southern announced that Shareholders voted to elect 10 of the railroad’s 13 leadership nominees, including CEO Alan Shaw: “In an industry that is nearly wall-to-wall unionized, the voice of rail workers and their unions is…

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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, issued the following statement as Congress works to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): “As the largest transportation labor federation in the country, representing hundreds of thousands of aviation workers, we urge Congress to pass the current FAA Reauthorization Bill without…

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WASHINGTON –  Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, released the following statement after President Biden announced his intent to nominate Ron Batory as a member of the Amtrak Board of Directors: “As the largest transportation labor federation in the country, representing thousands of unionized rail workers, we have a…

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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, released the following statement in response to Congress reaching a bipartisan agreement to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): “As the largest transportation labor federation in the country, representing hundreds of thousands of aviation workers, TTD applauds the agreement reached by…

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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, released the following statement in response to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Department of Transportation’s (DOT) announcement of a final rule outlining changes to Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans to better protect frontline transit workers: “For years, transit workers and unions…

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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, released the following statement in response to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Department of Transportation’s (DOT) announcement of a final rule establishing a minimum requirement of two-person crews for most Class I freight and passenger railroad operations: “For years, rail…

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