Policy

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 […]

The Honorable Peter M. Rogoff Administrator Federal Transit Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, East Building Washington, DC 20590   RE:  Federal Transit Administration Docket Number: FTA-2009-0036 Additional Proposed Guidance for New Starts/Small Starts Policies and Procedures and Request for Comments Dear Administrator Rogoff: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD)  I want to […]

Dear Senator: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to cosponsor the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act (S.1422) which addresses an anomaly that has prevented airline flight crews from qualifying for coverage under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).  As you know, the FMLA allows eligible workers to […]

On behalf of the 32 member unions of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), thank you for inviting me to testify on the financing provisions of the federal surface transportation programs. These are perilous economic times.  The workers that our unions represent face unprecedented economic risks.  Overall, unemployment and under-employment are high, the earning power […]