Press Releases and Statements

WASHINGTON, DC — Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued the following statement praising last night’s Senate confirmation of Duane Woerth as U.S. Ambassador of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): “Duane Woerth will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to ICAO.  For decades Woerth has demonstrated his deep understanding […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement in response to a resolution of disapproval that proposed throwing out the National Mediation Board’s amended election rules for airline and rail union elections: “We’re pleased that a resolution to kill democracy in the workplace was voted down by […]

WASHINGTON, DC – The safety and working conditions found in school bus transportation operations became the subject of a renewed focus when the leaders of 32 transportation unions met today in an Executive Committee meeting of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO. “School bus transportation must remain the safest way to transport our nation’s most precious […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Leaders of 32 transportation unions, meeting today to discuss their agenda for the coming months, urged the Obama Administration to proceed with great care in negotiations with China on a new aviation trade, or “open skies,” agreement. “The U.S.-China aviation talks are anything but a routine matter of international trade,” said Edward […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), offers the following statement following President Obama’s Labor Day speech that outlined a plan to invest in America’s transportation infrastructure and put Americans back to work: “It is fitting that today’s announcement of a new round of surface and aviation infrastructure investments […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), offers the following statement in advance of the Labor Day holiday: “On this Labor Day, transportation workers and working people across America continue to suffer as they look to their elected leaders for bold action. “The economic recovery bill championed by the […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued the following statement on the Transportation, Housing, Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 by the U.S. House of Representatives: “A number of amendments proposed for the Transportation and Housing funding bill would cost thousands of Americans their jobs at a […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued the following statement in response to the death of Senator Robert C. Byrd: “Transportation workers have lost a supporter and a fighter in Senator Robert C. Byrd. A longtime leader of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Byrd was a life-long champion […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), offers the following statement regarding Sen. John McCain’s legislation to abolish America’s domestic shipping statutes, known as The Jones Act: “Sen. John McCain’s legislation to repeal The Jones Act would mean the elimination of hundreds of thousands of good jobs in maritime, […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement today in response to a decision in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, rejecting the Air Transport Association’s attempt to overturn new National Mediation Board (NMB) rules governing union elections: “With today’s court decision, tens of […]