I'm not a big union man or Teamster fan although the way the unions were built was a very admirable achievement for working people and when they began truly stood for a good thing in America. But, like many good ideas quickly turned sour and greed infected almost immediately starting with James R Hoffa, the man most responsible for the rise of the Teamsters. And of coarse we all know what happened to him.
Now his son has taken a big role in the Union remarkably and now is asking regular Americans to come to the aid of the unions and in this case he is probably right that the introduction of Mexican trucks and their drivers to our roadways can be nothing but a disaster waiting to happen.
And it's happening, on Labor Day if you can imagine.... of all the times and days to start something so bad for the American Worker.
Hoffa: Mexican trucks are disaster for U.S.:
WorldNetDaily: "A test program being launched by the Bush Administration to allow what could be thousands of Mexican trucks and their drivers unrestricted access to U.S. highways will be a 'disaster,' according to the chief of the Teamsters."
James Hoffa, whose union is working in court to halt the scheduled launch of the trucking test program this weekend, told G. Gordon Liddy on his radio talk show that the Mexican trucks and drivers will endanger U.S. lives, damage U.S. jobs, pollute the U.S. environment and benefit no one but big business.
"They want to make it so there's no regulation. You get in your truck in Monterey, Mexico, and drive to Montreal. You'd have to be on speed to do it," Hoffa said.He said corporate interests have decided, "We're going to run 'em to death so we can make more money."
"That's that this is about," he told Liddy.
WND began reporting on the plan months ago, and has documented the growing opposition to the plan, which many blame on the 2005 Security and Prosperity Partnership signed by President Bush and the leaders of Mexico and Canada.
Supporters say that plan is a way to smooth the regulations so business flows more easily between the nations of North America, opponents consider it another step in a not-so-veiled attempt to set up a merger of the three nations. continued
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