…another reminder of the urgent need to invest billions in the security of our transit systems and commuter rail and Amtrak networks. “We particularly support the bill’s call for mandatory…
…misguided vote, it would be the death knell for passenger rail in this country. “Amtrak workers have sacrificed for years because of their deep commitment to serving a nation of…
…Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), in response to an audit by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Inspector General of Federal Aviation Administration oversight of commercial aircraft maintenance. “The Department of Transportation…
…said. What the rail industry doesn’t want you to know: 896 people were killed in railroad accidents in 2004; Ten people died and 5,400 residents of Graniteville, SC were forced…
…ensure this company survived. And even though these workers remain committed to this airline and its passengers, Machinist members now see their management turning on them in the worst way…
…the Senate Commerce Committee unveiled a measure (S. 1052) to close dangerous loopholes in aircraft repair. According to Edward Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, congressional action may…
…1631, developing new high-speed rail networks. “Chairman Don Young and the committee’s ranking Democrat, Jim Oberstar, turned away from all the sound and fury coming out of the White House…
…Amtrak’s 20,000 employees. “The Board has clearly violated its fiduciary responsibilities by unveiling legislative reforms on Capitol Hill yesterday designed to destroy the very company it has a duty to…
…demonstrated its inability to separate itself from the ideological directives of the White House. Not even Enron’s board, with all its malfeasances, sought the destruction of its own company. It…
…RLD is comprised of the 12 rail unions in the AFL-CIO that together represent several thousand workers at freight railroads, Amtrak and commuter rail operations across the country. Attached is…