…of the aisle – are paying attention. And Senators are starting to stir as well. They need to step up their game and become vocal. Our 32-member Executive Committee stepped…
…at that time, and the surface transportation bill would simply get lost in the shuffle, or used as another bargaining chip in a bad compromise. But that’s the path it…
…are calling for, but the rationale offered by the Budget Committee completely undercuts the concept of an interconnected, multi-modal national transportation system. We are also opposed to the proposal to…
United Streetcar in Portland, Ore. In the March 22 issue of The Hill, Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, gave a real world…
…same airspace with passenger carriers to get a pass. Their pilots are tired too. All transportation unions see this as a severe problem. That is why TTD’s Executive Committee, comprised…
…in the 2012 fiscal year to $57.1 billion in 2013. By comparison, President Obama’s budget proposal called for spending nearly $80 billion annually on road and transit projects. TTD President…
WASHINGTON, DC— Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), offers the following statement in response to the House FY 2013 budget resolution released by Budget Committee Chairman…
…a bill that would spend $260 billion on transportation projects over the next five years, but that measure has come under fire from both Democrats who argue it spends too…
…jobs is bad for American and bad for America and must be challenged.” TWU International President Jim Little We agree with brother Little which is why our Executive Committee, comprised…
…to make this the generation that rebuilds our surface transportation network and gives public transportation systems and their workers new tools to survive economic downturns. “We commend Sens. Robert Menendez…