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September 19, 2007

Letters To Congress

Support Fairness in FAA Labor-Management Relations

Dear Representative: On behalf of transportation labor, I urge you to support the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007 (HR 2881) which restores a fair collective bargaining process for FAA employees. When the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee marked-up the FAA bill, it adopted an amendment by Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Costello to restore fairness to the collective…
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September 18, 2007

Letters To Congress

FAA Reauthorization: Protect Workers’ Organizing Rights

September 18, 2007 Dear Representative: On behalf of the millions of transportation workers represented by the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I write to urge you to reject any amendment to strike the “Express Carrier” language in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007 (HR 2881) when it is considered by the full House. When the…
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September 11, 2007

Letters To Congress

Protect Highway Safety, Support the Dorgan-Specter Amendment

Dear Senator: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TID), I urge you to support the DorganSpecter Amendment to the Senate FYOS Transportation Appropriations bill. This amendment would prohibit the implementation of an ill advised federal pilot program permitting Mexico-domiciled trucking companies to transport goods on American highways. Transportation unions have long been concerned…
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July 25, 2007

Letters To Congress

Support the Carnahan Merger Protection Amendment

This letter on TTD letterhead
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July 18, 2007

Letters To Congress

TTD Response to Senate Rail Safey Hearing

TTD Response to Senate Rail Safey Hearing
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July 12, 2007

Hearing Testimony

The Transportation Worker Identification Credential House Testimony

STATEMENT OF LARRY I. WILLIS, GENERAL COUNSEL TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO BEFORE THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITEE ON COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION ON THE TRANSPORTATION WORKER IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I want to thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) and…
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July 9, 2007

Letters To Congress

Co-sign the Braley Letter, Strengthen Standards for Airport Firefighting

Co-sign the Braley Letter
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June 28, 2007

Letters To Congress

Support the Costello Amendment to Restore Fairness in FAA Labor-Management Relations

June 28, 2007 Dear Representative: On behalf of transportation labor, I urge you to support the Costello Amendment to restore fairness to the collective bargaining system that governs labor-management relations at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Last year, despite loud bipartisan protests from Congress, the FAA ignored its obligation to bargain fairly with its employees…
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June 28, 2007

Letters To Congress

Support the Oberstar Express Carrier Amendment

Dear Representative: On behalf of the millions of transportation workers represented be the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I write to urge you to support the Oberstar amendment to ensure that truck drivers and mechanics employed at package delivery companies are not denied the right to form and join a union. Under current…
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June 28, 2007

Federal Comments

FMCSA Demonstration Project on NAFTA Trucking Provisions in Supplemental Appropriations Language

COMMENTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON NAFTA TRUCKING PROVISONS SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT Docket No. FMCSA-2007-28055 On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) , we appreciate the opportunity to submit these comments on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety…
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