Safe Freight Act

Cosponsor H.R. 3040, the Safe Freight Act  Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to cosponsor the Safe Freight Act (H.R. 3040).  Recently our 32-member Executive Committee unanimously endorsed this legislation, which bans the use of one-person train crews on our nation’s freight railroads. Just this summer in […]

[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 […]

WASHINGTON, DC—The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) today endorsed a federal mandate that requires at least a two-person crew on U.S. freight trains. “Just four months ago in Quebec Canada we saw firsthand why the federal government must act now to mandate two-person crews on freight trains as a safety precaution,” said TTD President Edward […]