Policy

The Honorable Harry Reid Senate Majority Leader United States Senate 522 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC  20510   Dear Majority Leader Reid:   We are writing today to urge the Senate to pass a strong FAA Reauthorization bill that supports our aviation system, its private and public sector workers, and the millions of Americans […]

Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to oppose the Mica amendment to the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (H.R. 3619).  TTD also supports final passage of the underlying bill and the Manager’s amendment to be offered by Chairman Oberstar. The Mica Amendment would allow states and […]

October 15, 2009 The Honorable Bob Corker United States Senate 185 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Corker: I am writing in response to your September 30 letter to the National Mediation Board (NMB), in which you challenge a letter I wrote to the NMB on behalf of the 32 member unions […]

The current surface transportation authorization, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) expired on September 30.  Congress has passed an extension of the bill but it remains unclear whether a final six-year bill will be completed in this session.  Transportation labor believes it is essential that the 111th Congress […]

For over two years, Congress has been unable to complete work on the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).  Not only has this forced the FAA to operate under a series of seven short-term and inherently uncertain funding extensions, but these delays have left a number of critical safety, infrastructure and technology investments, and […]

Transportation labor has endorsed a broad agenda to rebuild and expand our national transportation system.  One of the priorities previously endorsed by the Executive Committee was passage of a robust economic stimulus bill that included massive new investments in transportation.  Transportation labor’s agenda was enacted, in part, with the infusion of $48 billion for transportation […]

One of the hallmarks of sound U.S. transportation policy is conditioning regulatory approval of certain corporate transactions and arrangements on protecting the rights and jobs of affected workers.  As a continuation of this policy, Congress must move to protect the jobs of aviation workers as U.S. carriers seek to utilize international joint venture arrangements to […]

Dear Representative:   On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to support and cosponsor the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009 (H.R. 847).  This bi-partisan bill would provide medical monitoring, treatment, and compensation to emergency responders, recovery and clean-up workers, and others suffering serious diseases as a […]

The Honorable Harry Reid Majority Leader The United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510   The Honorable Mitch McConnell Minority Leader The United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510   Dear Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell:   On behalf of the affiliated unions of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), we urge your support for […]

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker The United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C.  20515   The Honorable John Boehner Minority Leader The United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C.  20515   Dear Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Boehner:   On behalf of the affiliated unions of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), we urge your […]