September 30, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, September 29, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued this statement on the updated HEROES Act introduced yesterday by U.S. House...
September 9, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: Opinion column by Lynn Rhinehart published by The Nation, September 7, 2020. Rhinehart was general counsel of the AFL-CIO until July 2018.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Our economy is out of whack, and workers know it. Their wages are flat, CEO pay continues to...
June 22, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, June 19, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement applauding passage of the INVEST in America Act: “We applaud the...
June 17, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, TTD
(Source: Transportation Trades Department press release, June 17, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement in support of the INVEST in America Act: “Transportation labor has long...
June 12, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: Labor Tribune, June 4, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even as the AFL-CIO announced its endorsement of Joe Biden last week, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka noted that many frustrated rank-and-file members voted for Donald Trump in 2016. He sought to address these...
May 20, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, May 19, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Larry I. Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement opposing the nomination of Diana Furchtgott-Roth to Assistant...
March 13, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, March 10, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement as lawmakers respond to health, safety, and economic threats posed...
September 9, 2019 | 2-man Crews, AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 5, 2019) At its 63rd Constitution Convention in Las Vegas last week, the Nevada State AFL-CIO adopted a safety resolution in support of federal legislation that would mandate two-person train crews. Full story: Progressive...
March 19, 2019 | 2-man Crews, AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 18, 2019) The Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO is asking Congress and the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to prepare for the impact that automation is likely to have on the public transportation...
December 14, 2018 | AFL-CIO, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Statement by Larry I. Willis, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, December 13, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak should be proud to have such a dedicated workforce. Day in and day out, the carrier’s frontline workers provide...
