November 30, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, November 30, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, with his wife and daughter by his side, TTD president Larry Willis, 53, succumbed to injuries sustained on November 22 in a tragic biking accident. TTD...
June 22, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, June 19, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement applauding passage of the INVEST in America Act: “We applaud the...
June 17, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, TTD
(Source: Transportation Trades Department press release, June 17, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement in support of the INVEST in America Act: “Transportation labor has long...
May 20, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, May 19, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Larry I. Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement opposing the nomination of Diana Furchtgott-Roth to Assistant...
April 14, 2020 | Headlines, TTD
(Source: Freight Waves, April 13, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO is asking Administrator Ron Batory of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to ensure that the freight railroads are using furloughed workers...
April 13, 2020 | Headlines, TTD, Unions
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, April 9, 2020) The Honorable Ronald Batory Administrator Federal Railroad Administration U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Dear Administrator Batory: On...
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...
July 15, 2005 | Headlines, Railroad Security, TTD
(The Transportation Trades Dept. issued the following news release on July 15.) WASHINGTON — The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, in response to the U.S. Senate’s...
July 14, 2005 | Headlines, Railroad Security, TTD
(The Transportation Trades Deparment issued the following news release on July 13.) WASHINGTON — The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department. “Transportation workers and...
June 16, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines, TTD
(The Transportation Trades Department issued the following statement on June 15.) WASHINGTON — The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD) in response to the House Transportation...