November 26, 2002 | Accident, Headlines, TTD
NEW YORK — They are like ghosts in the dark tunnels, sometimes glimpsed out the window of a passing subway train, huddled in an alcove or standing between the girders that divide local and express tracks. They seem to be doing nothing, but that is just an...
November 1, 2002 | Headlines, TTD
NEW YORK — Banging drums, blowing whistles and chanting slogans, thousands of transit workers rallied in midtown yesterday to let the Metropolitan Transportation Authority know they want more R-E-S-P-E-C-T as well as more M-O-N-E-Y, the New York Daily News...
October 18, 2002 | Headlines, TTD
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, in support of the Airline Worker Relief Act, introduced by U.S. Representative James Oberstar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the...
October 8, 2002 | Headlines, TTD
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, in the wake of President Bush improperly intervening in the ongoing collective bargaining situation on the West Coast docks....
October 4, 2002 | Headlines, TTD
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, in the wake of the Senate blocking consideration of an over-the-road bus security bill. “I am stunned and appalled to...
October 2, 2002 | Headlines, TTD
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Meeting today in Washington, the Executive Committee of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department (TTD) united behind an unequivocal declaration that transportation unions cannot support legislation to reimburse the airlines for...
September 24, 2002 | Headlines, TTD
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Saying that the security of our nation’s ports is gravely threatened by industry stonewalling of a key anti-terrorism measure, transportation labor unions today wrote Congress, urging support for a new rule being proposed by the U.S....
September 20, 2002 | Headlines, TTD
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation labor will mobilize behind congressional efforts to pass a multi-year highway/transit reauthorization bill that boosts spending levels, ensures safety and security standards and does not “weaken or undermine”...
September 6, 2002 | Headlines, TTD
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Congress and the President consider the Fiscal Year 2003 transportation spending bill, transportation workers from across the country will be calling upon their leaders in Washington to rally around a strong 2003 transportation spending...
July 30, 2002 | Headlines, TTD
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Midwest Express flight attendants, in conjunction with the Milwaukee County Labor Council, will be holding a rally to show support for the flight attendants’ struggle to secure a first contract with the airline. The rally will be held at...
