September 21, 2018 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, KCS
(Source: Column by AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD) President Larry I Willis, September 20, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — There is little disagreement among lawmakers, frontline workers, government agencies, and even rail carriers themselves that freight rail...
September 13, 2018 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD) press release, September 12, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Executive Committee of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), gathered today to set an aggressive agenda focused on creating and sustaining...
February 26, 2016 | AFL-CIO, CP, Headlines
(Source: The Hill, February 25, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department is seeking to block a proposed merger between Canadian Pacific Railway and Norfolk Southern that has been dubbed a “Wall Street takeover” of a...
November 11, 2013 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: KVAL, November 10, 2013) EUGENE, Ore. — Police evacuated the Eugene Amtrak station Sunday after getting reports that a bomb could be in the area, officials at the station said. Full story: KVAL
October 2, 2013 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department press release, October 1, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) President Edward Wytkind issues this statement on the impact of a government shutdown on transportation: “This...
September 12, 2013 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Politico, September 11, 2013) LOS ANGELS — Assembled here for the AFL-CIO’s quadrennial convention, less than a year after unions played a pivotal role in helping Democrats win a powerful popular victory in the 2012 presidential election, labor leaders from...
March 1, 2013 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, February 28, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) is pleased to welcome the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and UNITE HERE as the organization’s...
February 12, 2013 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: www.mlive.com, February 11, 2013) LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan AFL-CIO and union partners are seeking to block the state’s controversial new right-to-work law, arguing that it conflicts with federal labor statutes in violation of the U.S. Constitution....
December 21, 2012 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Washington Post, December 20, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — I’m not sure it’s widely understood just how angry some of the major stakeholders on the left are about the latest turns in the fiscal cliff talks. The sight of the White House offering more concessions...
November 12, 2012 | AFL-CIO, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Albany Times Union, November 9, 2012) RENSSELAER — Superstorm Sandy has delayed the transfer of 95 miles of Empire Corridor tracks from CSX Transportation to Amtrak. Full story: Albany Times Union
