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Oppose the Inclusion of Aviation Services in TTIP

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Oppose the Inclusion of Aviation Services in TTIP Dear Representative, On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I ask that you sign on to a letter urging the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to keep air transport services out of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).  The bipartisan letter being led by […]

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TTD Presses Senate to Back Measure to Improve Our Nation's Ports and Harbors

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Support Reforms to Harbor Maintenance Investments in S. 601 Dear Senator: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I ask that you support final passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (S. 601), and preserve the reforms to Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund expenditures included in the Boxer-Vitter substitute.  Our nation’s waterways […]

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TTD Tells House Foreign Affairs Committee Transportation Workers Stand Ready to Fight Human Trafficking

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May 7, 2013   The Honorable Ed Royce Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs 2170 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC  20515   The Honorable Eliot Engel Ranking Member Committee on Foreign Affairs B360 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC  20515 Dear Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel: As the House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a […]

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House Urged to Reject Bill That Would Essentially Shut Down the National Labor Relations Board

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April 5, 2013 Vote No on H.R. 1120 Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, I urge you to vote against H.R. 1120 – legislation that will essentially shut down the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).  This bill improperly involves Congress in the judicial review of the President’s recess appointment powers and […]

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Vote No on the Ryan Budget Resolution

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  Vote No on the Ryan Budget Resolution  Dear Representative: I urge you to vote against the Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 25) offered by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan as it proposes radical cuts to our transportation system and puts in jeopardy hundreds of thousands of American jobs. This latest edition of the Ryan […]

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Senators Asked to Oppose Language Establishing CBP Fee Reinbursement Arrangement

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  Support the Brown-Isakson Amendment #83 Dear Senator, On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I ask that as you consider the FY 2013 Continuing Resolution (CR) you support amendment #83 offered by Senators Sherrod Brown and Johnny Isakson to strike Section 560.  This language would establish a fee reimbursement arrangement for Customs […]

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TTD Fights to Clear Sandy Relief Bill

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Dear Representative: Nearly three months ago the East Coast of the United States was directly hit by Hurricane Sandy, resulting in the second costliest storm in our history.  While Congress has historically come together to support regions devastated by natural disasters, New York, New Jersey and other states hit by the storm continue to wait […]

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OPPOSE MCCAIN AMENDMENT TO THE HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF BILL

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Dear Senator, On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to vote against the McCain amendment (#3384) when it is offered to the Hurricane Disaster Relief Appropriations Act.  This amendment would place arbitrary and ill-advised limits on the relief funding provided to Amtrak in the bill and would severely hamper the […]

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Timely Confirmation of Michael Huerta Important for Stability of Aviation Industry

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November 19, 2012 The Honorable Harry Reid Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC  20510 Dear Senator Reid: As you consider your agenda for the final weeks of the 112th Congress, I ask that you schedule a vote to confirm Acting Administrator Michael Huerta as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).  Mr. Huerta has […]

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Protect the U.S. Aviation Industry from Onerous and Unilateral EU Policies

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Dear Senator: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO I urge you to support the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011 (S. 1956).  This legislation would allow the Secretary of Transportation to combat the harmful effects of the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and ensure that U.S. airlines are […]

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