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July 26, 2025

Policy, Policy Statements

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments Should Be the Baseline for Surface Reauthorization Funding Levels

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), signed into law on November 15, 2021, ushered in a new era of federal infrastructure investment. With $1.2 trillion in total funding, including $550 billion in new investments over five years, the IIJA, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), has been transformative for our nation’s transportation…
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July 26, 2025

Policy, Policy Statements

Transportation Labor Opposes the Outsourcing of American Train Crews

Stopping the Unsafe Outsourcing of U.S. Rail Jobs The rail industry is an immensely profitable enterprise, operating freight rail service across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The American men and women who fill rail labor’s ranks want to see this industry succeed and flourish while sharing in its success. Rather than reinvesting in the…
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July 26, 2025

Policy, Policy Statements

Transportation Labor Opposes Rail Industry’s Dangerous Push to Weaken Track Inspections

Thorough inspections are essential for our nation’s rail network, which spans 140,000 miles of train track atop all kinds of terrain ranging from plains to mountains, bridges and coastlines and crisscrossing through rural and urban communities. Decades of experience have demonstrated that track defects can be identified in advance through a combination of skilled human…
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July 26, 2025

Policy, Policy Statements

Congress Must Pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to Restore Collective Bargaining Rights to all Federal Workers

Transportation labor urges Congress to immediately pass H.R. 2550, the Protect America’s Workforce Act. This bipartisan legislation is led by Representatives Jared Golden (D-ME-2) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) and aims to reverse the Executive Order issued on March 27, 2025, titled “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs.” This Executive Order stripped collective bargaining rights from…
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July 22, 2025

Letters To Congress, Policy

TTD Urges House to Cosponsor Ships Act, H.R. 3151

July 22, 2025 Dear Representative: On behalf of our affiliated unions representing hundreds of thousands of workers who build, operate, and maintain our nation’s transportation networks, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), urges you to cosponsor H.R. 3151, the SHIPS for America Act of 2025. This bill represents the most comprehensive effort by Congress to…
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July 22, 2025

Letters To Congress, Policy

TTD Urges Senate to Cosponsor Ships Act, S. 1541

July 22, 2025 Dear Senator: On behalf of our affiliated unions representing hundreds of thousands of workers who build, operate, and maintain our nation’s transportation networks, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), urges you to cosponsor S. 1541, the SHIPS for America Act of 2025. This bill represents the most comprehensive effort by Congress to…
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July 22, 2025

Letters To Congress, Policy

21 Labor Organizations Push to Include Transportation Workers in Overtime Tax Deduction

July 21, 2025 The Honorable Mike JohnsonSpeakerU.S. House of Representatives The Honorable Hakeem JeffriesMinority LeaderU.S. House of Representatives The Honorable John ThuneMajority LeaderU.S. Senate The Honorable Chuck SchumerMinority LeaderU.S. Senate Dear Speaker Johnson, Leader Thune, Leader Jeffries, and Leader Schumer, On behalf of more than 3 million American workers, we are writing to encourage you…
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July 11, 2025

Federal Comments, Policy

FRA Must Reject Waiver to Reduce Visual Track Inspections

July 9, 2025 John Karl AlexyAssociate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety OfficerFederal Railroad Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue, SEWashington, DC 20590 RE: Notice of Petition for Waiver of Compliance; Track Inspection Requirements Docket No. FRA-2025-0059 Mr. Alexy: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad…
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July 8, 2025

Federal Comments, Policy

FRA Should Reject CN’s Request to Outsource Train Dispatching Jobs

July 7, 2025 John Karl AlexyAssociate Administrator for Railroad SafetyFederal Railroad Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue SEWashington, DC 20590 RE: Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance, CN Extraterritorial DispatchingDocket No. FRA-2003-15012 Mr. Alexy: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) notice…
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July 8, 2025

Federal Comments, Policy

FRA Should Reject CPKC’s Request to Outsource Train Dispatching Jobs

July 7, 2025 John Karl AlexyAssociate Administrator for Railroad SafetyFederal Railroad Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue, SEWashington, DC 20590 Re: Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance, CPKC Extraterritorial Dispatching Docket No. FRA-2003-15010 Mr. Alexy: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) notice…
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