- Driverless commercial vehicles: protecting workers and wages
- Supporting the Jones Act
- Holding foreign aircraft repair stations to the same high standards as domestic stations
- Protecting Amtrak and other passenger rail employees from assault
- Ensuring commercial airline pilots receive adequate training
- Putting the proper policies in place to deal with sleep apnea and fatigue in the bus, rail and truck sectors
Transportation labor leaders focus on creating jobs, protecting workers
posted by AJOT | Nov 10 2017 at 08:23 AM | International Trade
Washington, DC — The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), and its 32 affiliated unions zeroed in on policies that both create and protect good, middle-class transportation jobs and ensure those jobs are safe for the workers who perform them at today’s fall Executive Committee meeting.
“At a time when the middle class eludes too many Americans, our vast transportation system has the power to create the kinds of jobs and economic growth that are so desperately needed,” said TTD President Larry I. Willis. “We must also safeguard our transportation system from threats and ensure frontline workers have the training and resources they need to perform their duties.”
Transportation labor leaders discussed their priorities with Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
“We have a real opportunity to work together, invest in and support a 21st-century transportation system and infrastructure, and create good jobs that are critical to America’s economy,” Chairman Shuster said. “I appreciated today’s opportunity to talk with TTD members and I look forward to working together to develop real, long-term solutions for our nation’s transportation challenges.”
“Transportation workers play a key role in keeping America’s economy moving,” Sen. Schatz said. “Congress should return the favor by focusing our transportation policy on creating good jobs and protecting workers’ rights.”
TTD’s Executive Committee took positions on key transportation issues, including: