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October 29, 2013

Policy Statements

Time to End Sequestration

Some in Congress believe that careening from one budget crisis to the next is the ‘new normal’ for the way our government functions. The reckless sequestration mechanism of automatic budget cuts – agreed to in August 2011 – is a symbol of Washington’s dysfunction and now threatens the economy and vital federal programs and services. …
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October 29, 2013

Policy Statements

It's Time to Improve Bus Driver Safety and Health

Too often, our nation’s intercity bus drivers face unique health and safety challenges that are not being addressed by employers and policymakers at all levels. Bus driver assaults are on the rise, causing unacceptably high rates of injury and worker anxiety. Making this work even more stressful, many bus drivers are not provided enough time…
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October 29, 2013

Policy Statements

Supporting a Global Solution to Aviation Emissions

Earlier this month the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) general assembly approved a plan that will provide for the development, over the next three years, of a global framework for addressing aviation’s impact on climate change, with the goal of implementing the plan worldwide by 2020. TTD applauds the adoption of this plan, and looks…
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October 29, 2013

Policy Statements

Time to Reform the Airport Contract Screening Program

Too often, front-line federal Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) are demonized and scapegoated for simply doing their jobs and implementing policies dictated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). In this environment, calls for turning over more TSA screening responsibility to the private sector become a convenient and all too predictable rallying cry among those who believe…
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October 29, 2013

Policy Statements

Norwegian Air Shuttle Operating Scheme Must Be Rejected

As the globalization of aviation accelerates, transportation labor grows weary of the emergence of new operating schemes and alliances around the globe designed to “forum shop” for cheaper labor and evade collective bargaining obligations. Because decades of unfair trade policy have ravaged too many workers in many U.S. industries, we have insisted that any liberalization…
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October 23, 2013

Letters To Congress

TTD Urges the House to Vote No on Young-Petri Amendment to Water Bill

Vote NO on the Young-Petri Amendment to WRRDA Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I ask that you oppose the Young-Petri amendment (#21) to the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA). While TTD supports the underlying legislation, Young-Petri would unnecessarily require the Army Corps of Engineers…
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October 22, 2013

Letters To Congress

House Urged to Pass Critical Water Resources Funding Bill

October 22, 2013 Vote YES on WRRDA and Support Reforms to Harbor Maintenance Investments Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to vote for the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (H.R. 3080), and reject any amendments that would undermine this bipartisan legislation…
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October 18, 2013

Federal Comments

TTD Asks Irish Government for Information on Norwegian Air Shuttle Scheme

Joan Burton T.D. Minister for Social Protection Dáil Éireann Dublin 2 Dear Ms. Burton: This is to ask for information on whether the Government of Ireland is applying, or intends to apply, its social laws to the pilots and flight attendants who work on board the Irish-registered aircraft that are being used by Norwegian Air…
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September 30, 2013

Letters To Congress

Reforms to Contract Screening Program Important to Aviation Safety

Cosponsor H.R. 1455, the Contract Screener Reform and Accountability Act Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to cosponsor the Contract Screener Reform and Accountability Act (H.R. 1455). This legislation will implement changes to the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) contract screening program in order to strengthen aviation security…
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September 17, 2013

Federal Comments

FMCSA Should Reject Tour Company’s Request to Use 50 Non-Licensed European Drivers

September 16, 2013 Mr. Thomas Yager Chief, FMCSA Driver and Carrier Operations Division Office of Bus and Truck Standards and Operations Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 RE: Commercial Driver’s License Standards: Application for Exemption; Miami Nice Tours Notice of Application for Exemption; Request for Comments Docket No.…
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