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March 11, 2012

Policy Statements

Transportation Buy America Laws Must Be Strengthened

As policy makers explore making significant investments in our nation’s transportation and infrastructure, it is critical that federal expenditures are leveraged to achieve the greatest possible economic impact and job growth. Strong domestic content standards and improvements to Buy America laws will ensure that investments in our nation’s transportation infrastructure will sustain domestic manufacturing and…
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March 11, 2012

Policy Statements

Implement Common Sense Rules to Combat Fatigue for Flight Crews

For workers in the aviation industry, like those in almost every sector of our transportation system, the issue of fatigue is of paramount concern. Few factors have as direct and negative effect on aviation safety, security, and efficiency as a tired workforce. We know that regulatory requirements dealing with rest and duty periods for pilots…
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March 11, 2012

Policy Statements

An Epidemic of Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing

Recently, President Barack Obama – in a public event praising the company Master Lock for bringing jobs home from China – made a commitment to new policies that slow the pace of outsourcing in America. This shift in policy is exactly what America needs if we are serious about rebuilding a middle class that for…
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March 11, 2012

Policy Statements

The Vital Role of Maritime Transportation In Our Economy

A strong and viable maritime industry and U.S.-flag fleet is critical to America’s economic and national security interests. America’s longshoremen and mariners serve a unique role acting as an economic driver in transporting domestic and international cargo, while providing safe and secure transport of humanitarian food aid and military supplies and personnel during times of…
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March 8, 2012

Letters To Congress

Support S. 1813

Dear Senator: The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) strongly supports passage of a surface transportation reauthorization (S. 1813) that will put millions of Americans to work building, operating and modernizing our nation’s transit systems, rail network, highways and bridges. Today, the Senate will begin to consider dozens of amendments, many of them unrelated to transportation.…
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February 13, 2012

Letters To Congress

Defeat H.R. 7, Bring a Bipartisan Surface Transportation Bill to the House Floor

Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I write to express our opposition to the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (H.R. 7) and urge you to vote against it in its current form. We do not take this position lightly and instead do so with great regret that H.R. 7…
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February 9, 2012

Letters To Congress

Passage of Surface Transportation Authorization is Vital

Dear Senator: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to vote for cloture on the Motion to Proceed on S. 1813, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). After significant delay and eight extensions of the surface transportation program, now is the time to pass this critically…
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February 2, 2012

Letters To Congress

Reject Federal Transit Privatization Mandates Support Amendment #64

Dear Representative: As the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee continues to consider H.R. 7, I urge you to support amendment #64 offered by Rep. Peter DeFazio that would remove heavy-handed transit privatization mandates included in the bill. As drafted, H.R. 7 would cast aside decades of bipartisan policy that has left privatization decisions to local…
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February 2, 2012

Letters To Congress

Vote YES on Carnahan Amendment #60 to Preserve Public Transportation Service

Dear Representative, On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to vote in favor of Rep. Russ Carnahan’s amendment (#60) to provide transit authorities with targeted and temporary flexibility to use some federal funds for operating costs. This amendment is identical to the Local Flexibility for Transit Assistance Act (H.R. 3200),…
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February 2, 2012

Letters To Congress

Vote Yes on Carnahan Amendment #51 Protect the Jobs of over 2000 Amtrak Workers

Dear Representative, I am writing to urge a YES vote on the Carnahan amendment to H.R. 7 that would stop the firing of more than 2,000 Amtrak workers that provide food and beverage service to millions of passengers nationwide. This amendment would remove a heavy handed mandate tucked away in the bill that forces Amtrak…
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