{"id":37857,"date":"2015-07-10T17:02:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T21:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/ttd-commerce-committee-bill-should-be-scrapped\/"},"modified":"2015-07-10T17:02:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T21:02:23","slug":"ttd-commerce-committee-bill-should-be-scrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/ttd-commerce-committee-bill-should-be-scrapped\/","title":{"rendered":"TTD: Commerce Committee bill should be scrapped","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, DC \u2014 Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued this statement on the Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015, introduced by Sen. John Thune (R – S.D.):<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cAt a time when our country\u2019s transportation infrastructure is failing and disenfranchised Americans are desperate for work, bipartisan support is crucial to fund our nation\u2019s highway and transit systems, and boost job creation.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of following a bipartisan model \u2014 as Senators James Inhofe (R-OK) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) of the EPW Committee\u00a0demonstrated last month<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Commerce Committee Republicans are unwisely using their section of the surface transportation reauthorization bill to advance a partisan agenda that harms workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Thune bill includes a poorly veiled measure designed to\u00a0blame workers and their unions for all port delays<\/a>\u00a0during a bargaining dispute. It also prematurely allows the use of hair specimens for drug testing of bus and truck drivers. These provisions have no place in any portion of the surface transportation reauthorization bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cSen. Thune\u2019s bill also fails to require rail carriers to provide emergency responders with information about the amount and type of hazardous materials moving through their localities \u2014 a commonsense measure that is critical to the efforts of first responders to save lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe highway\/transit reauthorization bill is one of the most important initiatives Congress will consider this year. Senate Commerce Committee Republicans must stop playing partisan politics with this already long-delayed transportation investment bill, and reject proposals that undermine the rights of employees and fail to support our transportation system.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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