March 24, 2022 | AFL-CIO, DOT, Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, March 23, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued this statement in response to the...
March 16, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Legislation, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, March 15, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — TTD and our 36 affiliated unions have long called for the historic investments that were finally delivered in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). We especially...
March 10, 2022 | AFL-CIO, BNSF, Headlines, SMART-TD, TTD
(Source: Associated Press, March 8, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — The unions that represent roughly half of BNSF’s workers continue to fight against the railroad’s new attendance rules that they say penalizes them for missing work for any reason even though a judge...
March 7, 2022 | AFL-CIO, DOT, News, PSR, SMART-TD, TTD
CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 7, 2022) — In conjunction with the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), the SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) urge all members to engage in a petition drive to...
January 13, 2022 | AFL-CIO, FRA, Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, January 12, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued this statement after the Senate...
January 7, 2022 | AFL-CIO, News, TTD
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 7 — The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), America’s largest coalition of transportation labor unions, today announced the affiliation of three more unions, bringing the coalition’s total membership to 36 affiliated unions. TTD...
May 17, 2021 | Headlines, TTD
(Source: Associated Press, May 16, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — Even as railroads are operating longer and longer freight trains that sometimes stretch for miles, the companies have drastically reduced staffing levels, prompting unions to warn that moves meant to increase...
May 17, 2021 | Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, May 13, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greg Regan, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement applauding House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair...
May 17, 2021 | Headlines, TTD
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, May 14, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday sent a letter asking the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study into the impact precision scheduled railroading has had on shippers...
February 25, 2021 | Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, February 24, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greg Regan, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement applauding a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for...
