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Washington, DC — Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement on the President’s nomination of Sarah Feinberg as Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration: “We strongly support the President’s nomination of Sarah Feinberg to lead the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). At a time when the safety of our passenger […]
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TTD’s rail safety agenda got a boost last week when Senator Richard Blumenthal, along with three other Senators, included several reforms that rail labor has long championed in their Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2014. Some 130,000 miles of freight rail tracks crisscross the United States, driving the economy, supporting more than 175,000 employees, and […]
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[As published by Julian Hattem in The Hill] Transportation unions want new regulations for train crews and bus drivers. The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO on Tuesday endorsed potential federal mandates to require at least two crew members on all U.S. freight trains, protect bus drivers from physical assaults and make sure they are paid overtime […]
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