TTD in the news

[As written by Trade Only] Dredging projects critical to navigation, one of several political priorities for the industry, took a step forward Wednesday when the U.S. Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act by a vote of 83-14. “The passage of the Water Resources Development Act today brings much-needed reforms to harbor maintenance funding,” Edward

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[As posted by Kathryn Wolfe in Politico] With negotiations ongoing, the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO is circulating a letter to senators urging support for the WRDA bill. The letter comes as another key Democratic constituency, green groups, are unhappy with the bill’s project streamlining provisions. TTD also urges support for language in the

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[By Keith Laing of The Hill]   President Obama on Monday officially nominated Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx (D) to be the next U.S. Transportation secretary. Obama introduced Foxx at the White House and said the Charlotte, N.C., mayor would bring experience implementing transportation programs at the local level to the top transportation job in his Cabinet.

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[By Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking] It was recently announced by the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO that they have joined the fight against human trafficking. This is amazing news since traffickers tend to use our Highways throughout the U.S to transport victims of labor trafficking and sex trafficking. We know that traffickers move their victim, from

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[As posted by Keith Laing of The Hill] The unions for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport security screeners and Amtrak concession workers have joined the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, the labor groups said Thursday. The TTD, which bills itself as the largest coalition of transportation unions, said the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and

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