Letters to the Administration

June 16, 2025 The Honorable Donald J. TrumpPresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Trump:  On behalf of the undersigned organizations representing local businesses, national employers, and labor organizations across the skilled trades, we ask that you reverse the Department of Labor’s (DOL) decision to discontinue the Job Corps program. As you…

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June 16, 2025 Dear Senator: On behalf of our 38 affiliated unions representing millions of transportation workers, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to join Senators Sheehy and Duckworth on a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, urging the FAA to maintain U.S. leadership in aviation safety by opposing single piloted…

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June 16, 2025 Dear Representative: On behalf of our 38 affiliated unions representing millions of transportation workers, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to join Representatives Bresnahan and Garamendi on a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, urging the FAA to maintain U.S. leadership in aviation safety by opposing single piloted…

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On behalf of the men and women of maritime labor, we are writing to you today to discuss our concerns regarding the upcoming recovery and repair work on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and the reopening of the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore. The Port of Baltimore is a critical seaport for the United…

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February 29, 2024 The Honorable Amitabha Bose Administrator Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590 Re:       FRA Safety Actions in Response BNSF Mechanical Furloughs Administrator Bose: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO and the totality of rail labor as represented by our affiliated unions, we are writing to urge…

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February 26, 2024 Honorable Pete Buttigieg Secretary United States Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, D.C. 20590 Secretary Buttigieg: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), and the hundreds of thousands of workers we represent in the passenger rail and building trades sectors, I write to express my support for…

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January 19, 2024 General Jacqueline D. Van Ovost, USAF United States Transportation Command Dear General Van Ovost: On behalf of the undersigned American maritime labor unions who serve aboard MSP vessels, we are writing in regard to the ongoing attacks from the Houthi rebels of Yemen on international and U.S.-flag shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb…

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November 29, 2023 Honorable Pete Buttigieg Secretary United States Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, D.C. 20590 Secretary Buttigieg: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), and the hundreds thousands of workers we represent in the passenger rail and building trades sectors, I write to express my support for California…

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November 13, 2023 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President of the United States White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden: On behalf of the undersigned national rail labor unions, we write to unanimously recommend and support Johnathan D. Bragg to be re-nominated to serve as the Labor Member on the…

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