Policy

 July 25, 2024 Dear Member of Congress: On behalf of our affiliated unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of airline workers, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to support the 8,000 Gate Gourmet inflight catering workers who have been in contract negotiations for over six years. Remaining under the current contract is unsustainable […]

July 22, 2024 The Honorable Douglas L. Parker Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Department of Labor 200 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC  20210 Re:      Emergency Response Standard NPRM              Docket No. OSHA-2007-0073-0118 Assistant Secretary Parker: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased […]

July 18, 2024 Ms. Carolyn Hayward-Williams Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington DC, 20590 RE:     Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board’s Request to Amend Its Positive Train Control Safety Plan and Positive Train Control System Docket No. FRA-2010-0051 Ms. Hayward-Williams, On behalf of the […]

July 10, 2024   Ms. Carolyn Hayward-Williams Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington DC, 20590 RE:     Railroads’ Joint Request to Amend Their Positive Train Control Safety Plans             Docket Nos. FRA-2010-0028, -0029, -0039, -0042, -0043, -0045, -0048, -0049, -0051, -0054, […]

July 8, 2024 John Karl Alexy Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Re:  Docket No. FRA-2003-15010  Mr. Alexy: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) notice concerning the Canadian Pacific Kansas City […]

July 8, 2024 John Karl Alexy Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590 RE:     Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance, CN Extraterritorial Dispatching Docket No. FRA-2003-15012 Mr. Alexy: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the […]

Mr. Thorn Pozen, Chairperson Board of Directors Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority 1 Aviation Circle Washington, D.C. 20001 July 8, 2024 Dear Mr. Pozen, On behalf of our affiliated unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of workers across the transportation industry, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) to require […]

June 18, 2024 Mr. Karl Alexy Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety & Chief Safety Officer Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington DC,  20590       RE:     Amtrak Petition for Waiver of Compliance, Shunt Enhancer Equipment                   Docket No. FRA-2023-0095  Dear Mr. Alexy: On […]

WRITTEN STATEMENT OF GREG REGAN, PRESIDENT TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO _____________________________________ BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT ________________________________________ “Revenue, Ridership, and Post-Pandemic Lessons in Public Transit” June 13, 2024 On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), and our 37 affiliated unions, I thank Chairman Crawford and Ranking […]

May 24, 2024 The Honorable Veronica Vanderpool Acting Administrator Federal Transit Administration U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC  20590 Re:      NPRM re: Rail Transit Roadway Worker Protection              Docket No. FTA-2023-0024 Dear Acting Administrator Vanderpool: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I […]