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What do we, as a labor organization, want?

March 27, 2015 By John Risch, National Legislative Director – What do we want? What do you want? What does your union want? What does labor want? The most common question I get when working Capitol Hill here in Washington, D.C., is – “What’s the ask?” – meaning, what is it you’re going to [...]

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ALEC Leads Coalition of Right Wing Organizations Behind Prevailing Wage Attacks

March 27, 2015 Across the country, Republican legislators are pushing legislation to repeal or drastically alter prevailing wage requirements for publicly funded construction projects. The effort is being coordinated by the all-powerful right-wing lobby ALEC (American Legislative Exchange C [...]

Foxx urged to re-evaluate impact of trucks on roads

March 26, 2015 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Cory A. Booker (D-N.J) with U.S. Representatives James P. McGovern (D-Mass.) and Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) March 26 wrote to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx, urging him to review results [...]

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St. Louis Lambert Airport Terminal Shines Again!

March 26, 2015 An icon among airports worldwide, St. Louis’s Lambert International Airport rose to international prominence in the twentieth century, thanks to its association with Charles Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis, as well as its position as the hub of Trans World Airlines (TWA [...]

Sheet Metal Local 91 Gives Back to Iowa Community

March 26, 2015 Several Sheet Metal Local 91 members volunteered on Saturday, February 7, installing duct work and a furnace for a Bethany for Children and Families home. Bethany has provided voluntary, not-for-profit services to children and families in western Illinois and eastern Iowa sin [...]

Bill to delay PTC deadline marked up by committee

March 26, 2015 Members of the Senate Commerce Committee yesterday voted to approve the markup of a bill that would extend the deadline for affected rail companies to implement positive-train-control (PTC) technology until Dec. 31, 2020, instead of the current deadline that would require imp [...]

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Bill to extend PTC implementation delays safety

March 25, 2015 The SMART Transportation Division, in conjunction with Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement on the U.S. Senate markup of a Positive Train Control (PTC) extension bill: “A five-year extension of the deadline by which Positive Train Co [...]

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Passenger rail in Colorado needs your help

March 25, 2015 Colorado State Legislative Director Carl Smith asks that all members from the state call or email key legislators to pass the bill funding Amtrak’s Southwest Chief. “A bill to save the Southwest Chief will be heading to the Colorado Legislature’s Senate Appr [...]

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Common-sense fix for truck-train crashes rejected

March 25, 2015 RALEIGH, N.C. – America’s railroads want five more years to stop train wrecks using a high-tech system costing more than $15 billion. But experts tell The Associated Press that it won’t keep trains and trucks from crashing together unless both industries use a com [...]

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Mayors call on Congress to pass transportation bill

March 24, 2015 BOSTON – Led by Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) Vice President Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, mayors pledged March 23 to work together to urge Congress to move past parti [...]

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