Policy

Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to support the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act when it is considered under suspension of the rules this week.  This legislation, which received bipartisan support and passed the House by a vote of 402 to 9 in the 110th Congress, […]

Dear Senator:   During debate on the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1), Senator Bond is expected to offer two amendments to alter transportation funding in the stimulus package.  One amendment will eliminate the new discretionary surface transportation grant program in the underlying bill.  The other will strike the High Speed Rail Corridor program.  […]

Support Needed Investment in Transit, Rail and Put Americans to Work Dear Representative:   On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to support the Nadler-DeFazio amendment to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1) which will be considered today on the House floor.   I also ask that you vote […]

Dear Senator:   On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to support the Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act to shore up a crucial component of the American economy currently in crisis.  Recent reports clarify just how critical this legislation is to the survival of American auto makers, their employees, […]

Dear Senator:   On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to provide critical economic relief to the American automobile industry.  This legislation is not only necessary to the future survival of the Detroit-based automakers and their workers, but more significantly to the one in ten American workers who rely on […]

The Honorable James Simpson Administrator Federal Transit Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, DC  20590   Re:      Notice of Buy America Waiver Request by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for Final Assembly of Rail Rolling Stock Docket No. FTA-2008-0047   Dear Administrator Simpson: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) I urge […]

Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I write in support of the economic stimulus package (H.R. 7110) expected to be considered today on the House floor and specifically the transportation infrastructure provisions that are included in this legislation. TTD and our affiliated unions have long argued that any comprehensive stimulus […]

Mr. Jim Swart Director Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC  20590   RE:   Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs; Docket No. OST-2003-15245; Final Rule   Dear Director Swart: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), [1] I […]

Dear Representative: We are writing to urge your support for a legislative proposal developed by Speaker Pelosi’s office and Representatives Maloney and Nadler that would address the health needs of thousands of WorId Trade Center (WTC) responders and residents who are now sick as a result of toxic exposures that resulted from the 9/11 attacks […]

Mr. David Miller Docket Management Facility United States Department of Transportation West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, D.C. 20590   Re:     Elimination of Route Designation Requirement for Motor Carriers Transporting Passengers Over Regular Routes; Proposed Rule; Docket No. FMCSA-2008-0235   Dear Mr. Miller: On behalf of the Transportation […]