Letters To Congress

 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…

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Dear Representative: On behalf of our affiliated unions, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO urges you to join Representatives Stansbury and DeLuzio in a letter to appropriators advocating for full funding for the Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS) at $8 million, matching the President’s FY25 budget request, and language urging the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)…

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Dear Representative: On behalf of our affiliated unions, representing more than a million railroad and airline workers, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO urges you to join Representatives Stansbury, Norcross, Pocan, Dingell, and Horsford in a letter to appropriators advocating for at least $16 million in funding for the National Mediation Board (NMB) in the  Fiscal…

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On behalf of our affiliated unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of aviation workers, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to join Congressman Chuy Garcia (D-IL) in a letter to House leadership (below) to ask that no change to the statutory pilot retirement age for commercial airline pilots is included in the Federal…

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On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), and the many maritime workers that we represent, I urge you to sign the bipartisan Dear Colleague letter being circulated by Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT), Robert Wittman (R-VA), and Trent Kelly (R-MS) requesting full funding for the Maritime Security Program (MSP) at the authorized amount in…

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On behalf of our affiliated unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of aviation workers, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to join Congressional Labor Caucus co-chairs  Mark Pocan (D-WI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), and Steven Horsford (D-NV), along with Representatives Grace Meng (D-NY) and Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), in a letter (below)…

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March 28, 2024 The Honorable Maria Cantwell Chair Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Ted Cruz Ranking Member Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chair Cantwell and Ranking Member Cruz: On behalf of our affiliated unions representing hundreds of thousands…

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March 18, 2024 The Honorable Sam Graves, Chair Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Rick Larsen, Ranking Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Daniel Webster, Chair Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation United States House…

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March 4, 2024 Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Chairman Committee on the Budget U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 Senator Chuck Grassley Ranking Member Committee on the Budget U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Whitehouse and Ranking Member Grassley: As representatives of the freight and passenger railroad industry and the highly-trained, hardworking railroad workforce, we thank you…

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March 1, 2024 The Honorable Mike Johnson Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Charles Schumer Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Minority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer,…

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