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\"TTD_Fotor\"WASHINGTON \u2014 Transportation labor leaders \u2014 gathered today at the fall Executive Committee meeting of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) \u2014 met with key members of Congress to seek solutions to a woefully underfunded transportation system and to boost job creation in what remains a slow recovery that TTD\u2019s leader said is \u201cleaving too many working people behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe need for long-term investments in our transportation system and infrastructure will not \u2018just go away,\u2019\u201d said Edward Wytkind, president of TTD, who added that the dialogue with congressional guests \u201cfocused like a laser\u201d on ending the stalemate on crucial investment bills. \u201cWith the recent progress on a surface transportation bill and strong bipartisan display of support for the U.S. Merchant Marine, we may be witnessing a brief but important timeout from senseless partisanship.\u201d<\/p>\n

TTD hosted roundtable discussions with Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), the ranking Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee.<\/p>\n

The high priorities during the discussion with lawmakers included keeping aviation and maritime issues out of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)<\/a>; fighting legislative assaults on longshore employees\u2019<\/a> bargaining rights; passing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reauthorization<\/a>; boosting the Maritime Security Program<\/a>; and rejecting emerging hair specimen drug testing<\/a> legislation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Chairman of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, I value input from my friends in the transportation labor community who bring a critically needed front-line employee perspective to our work,\u201d Diaz-Balart said. \u201cBy seeking the views of both labor and business, community leaders and other important partners, we can develop real, long-term solutions to our nation\u2019s transportation infrastructure challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to increase investments in our infrastructure and focus on the areas that will truly help create jobs and support our economy,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cWe also need to protect the men and women who are out there every day making our transportation systems work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTransportation infrastructure is at the heart of the U.S. economy. Our economic competitiveness, our businesses and millions of American jobs depend on robust investments in our crumbling network of roads, bridges, highways and transit systems,\u201d DeFazio said. \u201cWe must continue to push for legislation that will modernize our nation\u2019s transportation infrastructure, create good jobs and enhance the rights and working conditions of the men and women who keep America moving. I thank TTD for joining in that effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Executive Committee also held a discussion about plans for member education in the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n

TTD, which represents some 2 million workers in every sector of transportation, has been working with its affiliates on a flurry of key issues. Just today TTD and its maritime and aviation affiliates sent a letter<\/a> to President Obama urging his Administration to keep maritime and aviation out of any TTIP negotiations. TTD has aggressively countered the trucking lobby\u2019s agenda to bring \u201cunscientific\u201d hair specimen drug testing to front line bus and truck drivers. And TTD coordinated efforts with its member unions to advance<\/a> a surface transportation bill out of committee last week that awaits House floor consideration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re talking about transportation jobs, you\u2019re talking about middle-class jobs \u2014 the types of jobs that elude too many Americans,\u201d Wytkind added. \u201cThe policies that affect our sector have a real impact on working families, and that\u2019s something Congress can\u2019t forget despite working in the Washington bubble.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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