Press Releases and Statements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Michael Buckley 202/628-9262 Aviation Federal Agency Maligns Workers, Threatens Safety Washington, DC –Transportation workers “will stand full force behind FAA employees in stopping the agency’s leadership from creating an environment of hostility and distrust with its own employees and jeopardizing the safety and efficiency of the air traffic control system,” leaders of…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Michael Buckley 202/628-9262 Congress, DOT IG Must Demand Accounting of Tax Dollars Spent on 22-City Press Tour Washington, D.C. . . . The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, in reaction to yesterday’s launch by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of a national…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Michael Buckley 202/628-9262 Inexplicably Rejects Bipartisan Shelby-Sarbanes Amendment Washington, D.C. … The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, in response to the U.S. Senate’s rejection of new investment in the nation’s massive transit security needs. “It is shocking that a minority of U.S.…

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The recent decision of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to unilaterally impose contract terms on 1,900 members of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association is an egregious assault on collective bargaining rights and a dangerously counter-productive move by an agency that is already failing to meet critical challenges to aviation safety. FAA Administrator Marion C.…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Michael Buckley 202/628-9262 Includes Strong Worker Training, Whistleblower Protections Washington, D.C. B The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department. “Transportation workers and their unions strongly support the Secure TRAINS Act of 2005 introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Last week’s tragic…

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House Rejects Calls to Break-Up, Bankrupt Amtrak Transportation Labor Says House Support for Amtrak Recognizes Need for Federal Investment   Washington, D.C. . . . The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), in response to votes in the U.S. House of Representatives providing $1.2 billion…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Michael Buckley 202/628-9262 Washington, D.C. . . . The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), in response to the House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee voting just $550 million in Amtrak funding for Fiscal Year 2006. “Today’s disgraceful vote by the House Appropriations Subcommittee…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Michael Buckley 202/628-9262 AFL-CIO Transportation Unions Demand Greater Oversight Washington, D.C. . . . The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), in response to an audit by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Inspector General of Federal Aviation Administration oversight of commercial aircraft…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Michael Buckley 202/628-9262 Self-Awarded Prizes, PR Campaign Mask the Dangerous Truth Washington DC — The freight railroad industry paints a highly selective and distorted picture of its own safety record, Edward Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department (TTD), said today. Wytkind’s remarks came on the heels of a gala ceremony…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Michael Buckley 202/628-9262 Workers Not Alone in Battle for Their Futures Washington, DC – Edward Wytkind, President of AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, on behalf of its 35 member unions, issued the following statement today in support of the 20,000 Machinists union members at United Airlines as they work to reach a labor…

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