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June 26, 2023

Letters to the Administration, Policy

26 Organizations Call for EPA-DOL Partnership to Create Green Union Jobs

June 22, 2023 Administrator Michael S. Regan Environmental Protection Agency Office of the Administrator, 1101A 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 Dear Administrator Regan, Thanks to unprecedented investments from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act in clean energy and mobility, the Environmental Protection Agency is now responsible for managing billions…
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June 21, 2023

Policy, Federal Comments

TTD Supports the Timely Repair of PATH Train Door Failures

On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) notice of Port-Authority Trans Hudson’s (PATH) petition to extend its waiver of compliance with respect to the timely fixing of door defects under 49 CFR §238.305 and the required Class II brake inspection under 49…
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June 20, 2023

Policy, Federal Comments

Rail Unions Urge FRA to Revoke Misguided Safety Waiver

The railroad Labor Organizations identified above (“Labor Organizations”) are the collective bargaining representatives for the vast majority of railroad industry workers engaged in train operations, train dispatching, signal, maintenance of way and mechanical maintenance, inspection, testing, and repair on passenger and freight railroads throughout the United States. The Labor Organizations and their individual and collective…
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June 20, 2023

Policy, Federal Comments

FRA Should Collect Additional Freight Rail Accident Data

On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) request for comment on an Information Collection Request (ICR) related to amending the current railroad accident/incident reporting regulations (Form FRA F 6180.54) to add (1) the length of the involved trains, in feet, and (2)…
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June 14, 2023

Letters To Congress

Labor Strongly Urges YES on Fair and Open Skies

June 14, 2023 Dear Senator: On behalf of the undersigned labor organizations representing tens of thousands of aviation employees, we write to urge you to vote in favor of the amendment Klobuchar 1 during the Commerce, Science, & Transportation Executive Committee mark up tomorrow. Transportation workers know all too well the consequences of predatory business…
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June 14, 2023

Letters To Congress

VOTE ALERT: FAA Pilot Retirement Age Amendment

Dear Representative: As the Committee continues consideration of the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to oppose the poison pill amendment outlined below. As the largest transportation labor federation representing 37 unions and millions of workers across the United States, safety is at the…
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June 13, 2023

Letters To Congress

House Must Reject Poison Pills in FAA Reauthorization Bill

June 12, 2023 Dear Representatives, As you move to mark up the FAA reauthorization legislation, we write to reiterate labor’s interest in moving a bipartisan bill that is safety-focused. Finalizing a reauthorization bill before the current authorization expires is critical to continued aviation operations, and ensuring that the legislation affirms the U.S. as the gold…
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June 13, 2023

Letters to the Administration

Rail Labor Reaffirms Support for STB Chair Oberman

June 13, 2023 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) and the totality of rail labor as represented by our affiliated unions, I write to reaffirm our strong support for…
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June 6, 2023

Policy, Federal Comments

Waiver Compliance Failures Are Safety Failures

On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) notice regarding Union Pacific’s (UP) petition to extend its waiver allowing Class I brake tests and other mechanical inspections associated with a train entering the United States at Calexico, California to be performed at alternate…
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June 6, 2023

Policy, Federal Comments

Permanent Waivers Will Harm Rail Safety

We respectfully submit these comments on behalf of the Railroad Labor Organizations identified below, in response to the Notice of Petition for Waiver of Compliance published in the Federal Register on April 7, 2023 by the Federal Railroad Administration concerning the Canadian Pacific Railway Company’s (“CP” or “the Petitioner”) petition to extend its waiver of…
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