February 26, 2003 | Headlines, TTD
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The leaders of 35 AFL-CIO transportation unions today stood together to recognize and support the men and women of the United States Merchant Marine and the Civil Air Reserve Air Fleet for “answering the call to duty in America’s...
February 26, 2003 | Headlines, TTD
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — At a time of heightened security risks throughout the transportation system, the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), today stood up for the health, safety, and core worker rights of airline employees. Specifically, they condemned an...
February 25, 2003 | Headlines, TTD
(The following press release was distributed by the TTD.) HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — AFL-CIO transportation leaders today reaffirmed their strong opposition to airline industry calls for winner-take-all, binding arbitration, and condemned the major airlines — who...
February 25, 2003 | Headlines, TTD
(The TTD distributed the following release.) HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The Executive Committee of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD) today endorsed legislation, S. 338, to thwart the Bush Administration’s ongoing “ideologically-driven campaign to...
February 25, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines, TTD
(The following press release was distributed by the TTD.) HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Amtrak workers, who have gone since 1998 without new contracts, must not be left behind as the Congress and the Administration address the long-term financial future of passenger rail in...
February 13, 2003 | Headlines, TTD
(The UCLA Daily Bruin posted the following article by Charlotte Hsu on its website on February 13.) LOS ANGELES, Calif. — With last year’s port lockout behind it and a new six-year contract, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union is looking to...
February 12, 2003 | Headlines, TTD
(The following statement was issued by the TTD.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), in sharp criticism of the White House’s Office and Management and...
January 24, 2003 | Headlines, TTD
(The following story by Judy Sarasohn was published in the January 23 online issue of the Washington Post.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An alliance of major transportation unions yesterday warned that they will refuse to give money at Democratic fundraisers hosted by...
January 24, 2003 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, TTD
NEW YORK — The city’s transit workers ratified a new three-year contract yesterday by a 60 percent majority, despite a vigorous campaign by union dissidents to have the contract rejected, according to the New York Times. In announcing the results, Roger...
January 23, 2003 | Headlines, TTD
(The Boston Globe published the following Associated Press article on its website on January 23.) SAN FRANCISCO — West Coast dockworkers overwhelmingly approved a new six-year contract yesterday, formally ending a dispute that had closed the nation’s...
