Letters To Congress Archives - Page 19 of 35

June 17, 2014

Letters To Congress

Public and Private Sector Unions Reject Postal Reform Scam to Pay For Highway Trust Fund

On behalf of the undersigned affiliated unions of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), we write to express our strong opposition to eliminating Saturday mail delivery service as a condition of fixing the impending shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund. This careless and ideologically driven attack on the employees at the United States Postal Service…
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June 10, 2014

Letters To Congress

Vote No on Denham High-Speed Rail Amendment to T-HUD Appropriations Bill

On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you vote NO on an amendment offered by Representative Denham to the pending FY 15 T-HUD bill (H.R. 4745). This amendment would single-out one project in a single state – California high-speed rail – from receiving any funds appropriated in a bill that is…
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June 10, 2014

Letters To Congress

Vote NO on Gingrey Amendment to Eliminate Official Time

On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge to you vote NO on the Gingrey amendment to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Appropriations Act (H.R. 4745). This misguided amendment would eliminate the use of official time by use of federal employees including those at the Department of Transportation and its…
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June 10, 2014

Letters To Congress

Vote No on Sessions Amtrak Amendment to T-HUD Appropriations Bill

Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to vote NO on an amendment offered by Rep. Sessions to the pending FY 15 T-HUD bill (H.R. 4745). This amendment would prohibit funds from going to any Amtrak route which costs exceed two times its revenue, a clear attack on…
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June 10, 2014

Letters To Congress

Promote Highway Safety-Oppose Daines Amendment to T-HUD Appropriations Bill

Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to oppose the Daines amendment to H.R. 4745, the FY 2015 T-HUD bill. This amendment would halt efforts to improve the safety of the motorcoach industry. The Daines amendment would prohibit the Department of Transportation (DOT) from increasing the minimum levels…
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June 9, 2014

Letters To Congress

Oppose Broun Amendment to T-HUD Appropriations Bill (H.R. 4745)

Oppose Broun Amendment to T-HUD Appropriations Bill (H.R. 4745) Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I write to express opposition to the Broun amendment to H.R. 4745, the House FY 15 T-HUD legislation. This amendment undermines Amtrak’s ability to provide the rail service that passengers and communities have come to…
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June 9, 2014

Letters To Congress

Support Airline Workers and Fair Competition: Vote YES on Westmoreland-DeFazio

Dear Representative: As you consider amendments to the FY 2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act (H.R. 4745), I urge you to vote YES on the Westmoreland-DeFazio Amendment. This amendment will ensure that the U.S.-EU Open Skies Agreement is implemented in full accordance with U.S. law and the agreed-upon provisions in the agreement. The…
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April 2, 2014

Letters To Congress

TTD Urges Senate Finance Committee to Extend Transit Commuter Benefit in Extenders Package

Dear Senator: As the Finance Committee begins the markup of the tax extenders package, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) would like to express our support for an extension of employer-provided transit benefit. Without action, there will remain a bias in the federal tax code against public transportation, the millions of working people that use…
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April 1, 2014

Letters To Congress

TTD Urges the House to Vote for Coast Guard Bill

Vote for the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to support the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 (H.R. 4005), which is expected to be voted on later today. The bill includes a number of provisions that will strengthen…
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February 5, 2014

Letters To Congress

TTD Asks Senate Committee to Protect Postal Workers, Reject Current Version of Postal Reform Act

Oppose S. 1486, the Postal Reform Act of 2013 Dear Senator: As the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee continues the markup of S. 1486, Postal Reform Act of 2013, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to oppose the current version of this bill and instead support efforts to strengthen the postal service…
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