May 22, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety, TTD
(Source: Freight Waves, May 17, 2023) Rail union representatives are poised to adopt a policy statement that urges Congress to pass a rail safety bill — one that mandates a minimum of two-person crew sizes on all passenger and freight trains, regulates train lengths...
May 22, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Train Length, TTD
(Source: Press release from the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, May 19, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 30 U.S. transportation labor union leaders gathered at a legislative summit to set key policy goals that will improve the safety and well-being of the...
April 28, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Cap Times, April 27, 2023) The country’s largest labor union is calling for stronger safety protections for workers after a new report found more than 5,000 people died on the job in 2021, including 105 in Wisconsin. The AFL-CIO details the findings in the...
February 14, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, TTD
(Source: Freight Waves, February 10, 2023) The fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in Ohio on Feb. 3 has prompted some rail unions to press the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to increase its oversight of the freight railroads’ safety operations. Since...
February 8, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, TTD
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 6, 2023) Twelve rail labor unions of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, have adopted a resolution that calls for the nation’s freight railroads to give all railroad workers paid sick leave. The resolution...
February 6, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, PSR, TTD
(Source: Written statement of Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 1, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), and...
November 15, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, PSR, TTD
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 14, 2022) A rail labor union coalition has proposed that Congress require federal regulators to conduct an annual “stress test” that would determine whether the Class I railroads have enough people, equipment, and infrastructure...
November 15, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, PSR, TTD
(Source: Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, press release, November 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s largest transportation labor federation, the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, convened 37 unions to set the federation’s annual...
November 10, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: Statement by AFL-CIO President Lis Shuler, November 9, 2022) While it may be days or weeks until every vote is counted and we know the full results of this election, it’s clear the tireless organizing efforts of working people to engage voters in one-on-one...
September 8, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: Huffington Post, September 7, 2022) The Major League Baseball Players Association plans to join the AFL-CIO labor federation, putting one of professional sports’ top unions in a formal alliance with other labor groups. Tony Clark, the former switch-hitting...
