March 7, 2022 | AFL-CIO, DOT, News, PSR, SMART-TD, TTD
CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 7, 2022) — In conjunction with the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), the SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) urge all members to engage in a petition drive to...
January 13, 2022 | AFL-CIO, FRA, Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, January 12, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued this statement after the Senate...
January 7, 2022 | AFL-CIO, News, TTD
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 7 — The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), America’s largest coalition of transportation labor unions, today announced the affiliation of three more unions, bringing the coalition’s total membership to 36 affiliated unions. TTD...
August 30, 2021 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Kentucky State AFL-CIO press release, August 26, 2021) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — About 30 people braved scorching heat outside downtown Louisville’s federal courthouse this afternoon for a rally to urge Congress to provide more funding for a national high-speed...
August 25, 2021 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: National Public Radio, August 21, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Liz Shuler will serve as president of the AFL-CIO, following the death of longtime president Richard Trumka earlier this month. The AFL-CIO executive council elected her to the position on Friday....
August 6, 2021 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: CNN, August 5, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the head of the most powerful labor organization in the country and a close ally of the Biden White House, has died. He was 72. A cause of death was not immediately announced. Trumka,...
February 18, 2021 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, February 17, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger were unanimously elected today as President and Secretary-Treasurer, respectively, of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO...
February 4, 2021 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 3, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters today are remembering the legacy of longtime AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, who fought for more than six decades to raise wages and benefits and to give...
November 30, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, November 30, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, with his wife and daughter by his side, TTD president Larry Willis, 53, succumbed to injuries sustained on November 22 in a tragic biking accident. TTD...
October 6, 2020 | AFL-CIO, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Rolling Stone, October 3, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a little-noticed ruling on Friday evening, the Trump administration rejected a petition by a coalition of labor unions that had asked the federal government to require passengers to wear masks on...
