Teamsters file frivolous lawsuit seeking to stop Mexican Truck Program

Sep 022011
 
 02/09/2011  Posted by PMC at 22:34 on 02/09/2011 Comments Off
Teamsters file frivolous lawsuit seeking to stop Mexican Truck Program

At the 11th hour today, Teamsters, along with Public Citizen filed a lawsuit in 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco seeking to stop implementation of the Mexican Cross Border Program. The suit was filed against the US Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration alleging that the pilot program sets standards that aren’t stringent enough for Mexican trucks and drivers. For example, the program waives a law requiring trucks to display proof of meeting federal safety standards, said Jonathan Weissglass, a lawyer for the plaintiffs. An official for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the Teamsters ….Read More

Union Propaganda machine goes full tilt, but, statistics don’t lie. The opposition does

Jan 102011
 
 10/01/2011  Posted by PMC at 13:19 on 10/01/2011 5 Responses »
Union Propaganda machine goes full tilt, but, statistics don't lie. The opposition does

We’ve had a weekend since Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released the “Concept Document” enabling the United States to finally uphold their obligations under the NAFTA agreement. Reaction has been overwhelmingly positive to the release of the plan with opposition coming from the usual irrelevant sources, as predicted. Immediately, the opposition chimed in citing job losses, unsafe trucks, and a variety of other baseless assumptions. Baseless because in the 15 years of opposition to allowing Mexican carriers to operate in this country, OOIDA and the TEAMSTERS have offered no concrete evidence to back up their claims. Why? Because none exists. There ….Read More

With the announcement of renewed tariff’s, oppositions spin in full force

Aug 172010
 
 17/08/2010  Posted by PMC at 17:37 on 17/08/2010 Comments Off
With the announcement of renewed tariff's, oppositions spin in full force

It didn’t take long for the opponents of Mexican trucks, or for that matter, anything Mexican to come out with their discredited rants opposing the US fulfilling its obligation to allow Mexican trucks access to US roadways in the same manner Canadian trucks have been allowed for more than 10 years. Teamster President James Hoffa was the first out of the chute with his tired sophomoric and overused rhetoric.

Move to repeal NAFTA has a snowballs chance in hell of becoming law

Mar 092010
 
 09/03/2010  Posted by PMC at 06:02 on 09/03/2010 Comments Off
Move to repeal NAFTA has a snowballs chance in hell of becoming law

One of the nation’s oldest and most corrupt labor unions is praising new, bipartisan legislation that would withdraw the United States from NAFTA, and vanquish one of the biggest enemies of American organized labor for more than 15 years. A small but broad coalition of lawmakers from across the political spectrum came together last Thursday to sponsor a bill to repeal U.S. participation in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The trade agreement by the United States, Canada and Mexico, NAFTA eliminated tarrifs and other trade restrictions that had been in place. The deal was originally negotiated during the ….Read More

Mexican Trucking Retaliation to continue…… Indefinitely

Feb 232010
 
 23/02/2010  Posted by PMC at 02:20 on 23/02/2010 Comments Off
Mexican Trucking Retaliation to continue...... Indefinitely

SCOTT LINCICOME, an International trade attorney, published author, political adviser and frustrated libertarian had this assessment of the current state of the dispute between the US and Mexico over the illegal ban on Mexican trucks. Quoting an article from “INSIDE TRADE”, a subscription industry publication:

Discussions to open border to Mexican trucks brings same old tired information from same tired sources.

Feb 192010
 
 19/02/2010  Posted by PMC at 12:57 on 19/02/2010 Comments Off
Discussions to open border to Mexican trucks brings same old tired information from same tired sources.

The Obama administration has taken the first step toward renewing a pilot program that allows Mexican?truckers to operate within the U.S., as stipulated in the North American Free Trade Agreement, but still must work with Congress on fashioning a new program, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Tuesday. U.S.Trade Representative Ron Kirk told a news conference in Mexico last week that the Obama administration had taken the first step in coming up with a new program when it convinced Congress not to prohibit a cross-border program in the 2010 omnibus spending bill. With that being said, the mexenophobes are beginning ….Read More

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