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

OOIDA asks “Is it racist to oppose the Mexican cross-border program?”

Aug 122011
 
 12/08/2011  Posted by PMC at 17:19 on 12/08/2011 Comments Off
OOIDA asks "Is it racist to oppose the Mexican cross-border program?"

That’s the question being posed on the Landline Now Media blog by Sandi Soendker, and it’s a valid question. The obvious answer to the question is of course, no. However, in their absence of a credible argument opposing the cross border trucking program with Mexico, OOIDA and other opponents are knowingly and willfully preying on the ignorance and prejudices of their members and the public at large, to turn opinion against Mexican truckers. So far once we can agree with OOIDA when Soendker writes; If American truckers are opposed to cross-border trucking with Mexico, are they racists? If they are ….Read More

CATO Institute – The Pilot Program on NAFTA Long-Haul Trucking Provisions

May 052011
 
 05/05/2011  Posted by PMC at 20:50 on 05/05/2011 Comments Off

Comments for the Federal Register FMCSA–2011–0097 by Daniel Griswold These comments were submitted on May 4, 2011. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed restoration of long-haul cross-border trucking with Mexico in compliance with our commitments under the North American Free Trade Agreement. My name is Daniel Griswold. I’m director of the Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute in Washington. Cato is a non-profit, non-partisan educational institution supported by voluntary donations from individuals and foundations who share our core values of individual liberty, free markets, limited government, and peace. The suspension ….Read More

Mexican Trucks – They’re here! They’ve been here, Get used to it!

Mar 122011
 
 12/03/2011  Posted by PMC at 09:25 on 12/03/2011 Comments Off
Mexican Trucks - They're here! They've been here, Get used to it!

I was coming out of Houston yesterday and was passed by a truck that caught my eye. The brand on the hood was KENWORTH/KENMEX. Nothing extraordinary about the truck other than it was a Mexican manufactured Kenworth. The business on the side showed it to be out of Georgia. Nothing out of the ordinary except for the KENMEX label. Later on in the evening, pulling into the Love’s in Iowa, Louisiana, i pulled into the pump, stopped and noticed to my left the same truck that had passed me earlier. The driver, just arriving minutes before me was sitting at ….Read More

U.S.-Mexican trucking experiment in slow lane for now!

May 142008
 
 14/05/2008  Posted by PMC at 16:46 on 14/05/2008 Comments Off
U.S.-Mexican trucking experiment in slow lane for now!

Back in February, Mexico Trucker received a [cref guestbook request] for an interview, an occurrence that is fairly common reflecting the success of this site. Jessica Meyers, a UC Berkeley Grad student expressed interest in talking to us about the Cross Border Program. On March 29, 2008, we spent a pleasant day with her and her accomplished photographer, Erich Schlegel, Senior Staff photographer for the Dallas Morning News based out of Austin. Although Mexico Trucker was not mentioned in the article published today, we take pride in knowing that this site, and myself, was minimally responsible for the excellent article ….Read More

Is it really about safety or the color of the driver’s skin

Oct 062007
 
 06/10/2007  Posted by PMC at 07:42 on 06/10/2007 1 Response »
Is it really about safety or the color of the driver's skin

The opponents and most vocal critics of the Mexican Pilot Program continue to insist their opposition is only about safety and concern over the economic impact a few Mexican trucks will have on their ability to earn a decent living. Their words and actions would suggest otherwise. Thursday, October 4, a small group of Mexican truckers gathered at the Matamoros-Brownsville International bridge to protest Mexico’s participation in the Demonstration Program Parked along the curbs near the entrance to the Veterans International Bridge, the drivers demanded equal treatment for Mexican and American truckers.

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