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May 20, 2020

Letters To Congress

Vote NO on S. 3730, the Registered Traveler Act

On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) I urge you to oppose S. 3730, the Registered Traveler Act of 2020. This legislation dangerously expands the existing Registered Traveler (RT) program to allow private entities to perform security functions without proper oversight and accountability. This bill as written is opposed by both the Transportation…
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May 13, 2020

Letters To Congress

Maritime Labor Calls for Establishment of Tanker Security Fleet

On behalf of the undersigned American maritime labor organizations we wish to express our sincere appreciation for your support for the programs and policies important to the U.S.-flag maritime industry and to the jobs of the licensed and unlicensed American merchant mariners we represent. Unfortunately, our industry is experiencing a dangerous decline in the number…
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May 9, 2020

Letters To Congress

Transportation Labor Calls for Additional, Urgently Needed Transit Assistance

As you know, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided desperately needed support to keep public transportation services across the country from coming to a complete halt. To that end, your bold leadership has already protected hundreds of thousands of jobs and is ensuring that critical employees including health care workers, law…
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May 6, 2020

Letters To Congress

Congress Must Support U.S. Maritime Workforce in Emergency Aid Package

On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) and our affiliated maritime unions whose members crew U.S.-flag seagoing vessels, we call on you to include emergency supplemental funding for the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and to amend cargo preference requirements in the next COVID-19 aid package. These proposals will help protect the jobs, wages,…
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May 4, 2020

Letters To Congress

Rail Labor and Management Continue to Call for RRB Support

On behalf of the Rail Labor Division of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, the Association of American Railroads, and the Teamsters Rail Conference, we thank the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate for passage of the CARES Act. We are especially appreciative of your efforts to…
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April 29, 2020

Letters To Congress, Policy

TTD Calls on Congress to Include Emergency Infrastructure Funding in Next COVID-19 Relief Bill

Dear Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, and Leader McCarthy: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) and our 33 affiliated unions, whose members design, build, operate, and maintain every facet of our nation’s surface transportation network, we ask that you provide urgently needed supplemental funding in the next COVID-19 related emergency relief…
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April 28, 2020

Policy, Letters To Congress

Give Frontline Essential Workers the Federal Support They Deserve

Every year on April 28th, we pause to commemorate Worker’s Memorial Day and to remember and honor those who have been killed or seriously injured on the job. This day has particular poignancy this year, as millions of essential workers put themselves in harm’s way and continue to do their jobs in order to help…
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April 14, 2020

Letters To Congress

Labor Unions Call on Lawmakers to Press Pause on Automated Vehicle Legislation, Continue Focusing on COVID-19 Response

Dear Chairman Pallone and Ranking Member Walden: While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present our country with unprecedented challenges, we urge you to continue to focus your attention on this ongoing public health and economic crisis. In particular, we believe that continued efforts to pass automated vehicle legislation at this critical juncture in world history…
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March 24, 2020

Letters To Congress

Rail Labor and Management Call for Support on Critical Railroad Unemployment Benefits

Dear Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, and Leader McCarthy: On behalf of the Rail Labor Division (RLD) of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), the American Short Line and Railroad Association (ASLRRA), Association of American Railroads (AAR), and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED), we applaud the House and Senate for…
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March 21, 2020

Letters To Congress

Public Transportation Labor and Industry Join in Calling for $16b in Emergency Funding

Dear Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, and Leader McCarthy: On behalf of America’s public transportation industry and its frontline employees who operate and maintain public transit and commuter rail systems across the country every day, we urge you to provide $16.0 billion in immediate, desperately needed supplemental funding to keep our transit and commuter…
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