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...
May 12, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, Headlines, PSR, TTD
(Source: Written statement of TTD President Greg Regan at a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Railroads, May 11, 2023) “On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), and our 37 affiliated unions, I thank Chairman Nehls and Ranking Member...
February 14, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, TTD
(Source: Trains Magazine, February 10, 2023) The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO is calling on the Federal Railroad Administration to require Class I railroads to participate in the Confidential Close Call Reporting System, a currently voluntary method...
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 10, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR, TTD
(Source: Associated Press, February 9, 2023) The fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals — sending a huge plume of smoke in the air and forcing residents of a small Ohio town to evacuate — has highlighted the potentially disastrous consequences of train...
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...
