The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), is advocating 2020 presidential candidates adopt the organization’s infrastructure policy proposal as a means of bolstering infrastructure and transportation investments.
Investing in U.S.: A Transportation Infrastructure Platform for 2020 offers policy proposals designed to guide candidates’ infrastructure priorities while improving quality of life for millions of working families by reinvigorating the economy, rebuilding America, and creating jobs.
“The next president of the United States has two choices: A future where powerful corporations and wealthy CEOs remain unchecked in their power or a future where working people come first, corporations are held accountable, and finding a good job that pays a living wage is not hard to do,” TTD President Larry Willis said. “The second option is possible, and the right investments in our transportation system and infrastructure are part of the path forward.”
Priorities include investments in a multi-modal network; funding projects based on merit, not politics; funding the nation’s needs; and creating and protecting middle-class jobs and enhancing workers’ rights.
“For years, we have failed to keep pace with the growing demands placed on our transportation system, infrastructure, and economy, and working people have borne the brunt of this burden,” TTD Secretary-Treasurer Greg Regan said. “Restoring dignity to America’s working families, rebalancing our economy, and creating a transportation network capable of meeting the needs of a 21st-Century economy can be done – but it will require smart, thoughtful policies and bold leadership.”
Regan said by adopting the solutions outlined in the platform, the next president can lead the way in improving the lives of working people, rebuilding the country, and securing America’s place as a world economic leader.