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Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO

Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO Political Action Committee (TTD/PAC)

Labor union PAC FEC C00280909

FollowFEC filings
Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$89K
Union lobbying, all issues $2.8M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the union’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the union’s members; the union itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Aviation/Airlines/Airports8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice8 of 88/8
  • Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries8 of 88/8
Postal 8 of 8 · Railroads 8 of 8 · 2 more · Show all 9
  • Postal8 of 88/8
  • Railroads8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8

Bills named in the filings 56 bills, this period

51 more, 39 named in only one filing · Show all 56

From the filings

“Labor/Workplace Personal Protective Equipment Drug and Alcohol Testing issues Worker Displacement Job Training 13(c) Transit Worker Labor Protections Public Employee Protections Department of Labor Nominations National Mediation Board Funding Davis-Bacon FAA Official Time H.R. 2550, the Protect Americas Workforce Act”
Q2 2025 filing · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
“Trade Cross Border Bus Safety Buy America/Buy American Requirements International Services Agreement Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Air Transport Issues Maritime Transportation Services”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation
  • CommerceDOC
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA
  • Federal Bureau of InvestigationFBI
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  • Federal Railroad Administration
  • Federal Transit AdministrationFTA
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • JusticeDOJ
  • 13 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 46 sitting members of Congress and 2 other candidates in 2025–26.

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See every candidate and member Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.

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