Mexican trucks will soon be crossing the border and driving in all 48 states without having to comply with the US DOT regluations. Sec of Transportation Ray LaHood is backing the move. La Hood was appointed by Obama. Just how much more of the membres dues money and DRIVE money is going to be poured down the political cess pool? Democrats have killed the emploeyee free chioce act, caved to republican demands that auto union wages and benefits be bruoght down to the non union level before granting bailout money, will cave to the republicans bill that will make orgainizing harder in the airline indutry, and now are going to allow mexican trucks to run all 48 states without compling with DOT claiming that NAFTA does not allow DOT enofrecement. How long will Hoffa let his political depratment and so-called lobbyists keep funding this type of crap?
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Posted August 04 2011 - 07:14 AM
HOFFA AND HALL are not about the members they are for themselves and their big salaries and big pensions. HOFFA will give OBAMA millions of our drive money so he can keep visiting the white house and screwing the members. HOFFA AND HALL are like some from texas ALL HAT and NO CATTLE.
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Posted August 04 2011 - 07:31 AM
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Could you provide some responsible documentation and/or links in regard to your statements of....
"Mexican trucks will soon be crossing the border and driving in all 48 states without having to comply with the US DOT regluations" [sic]
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"....with DOT claiming that NAFTA does not allow DOT enofrecement." [sic]
????
It would be nice to have such references in order to refute the claims of those (and, apparently, there are many) who are saying that the Mexican drivers in question WOULD be subject to DOT rules
Thanks in advance.....
-scb-
Could you provide some responsible documentation and/or links in regard to your statements of....
"Mexican trucks will soon be crossing the border and driving in all 48 states without having to comply with the US DOT regluations" [sic]
....and....
"....with DOT claiming that NAFTA does not allow DOT enofrecement." [sic]
????
It would be nice to have such references in order to refute the claims of those (and, apparently, there are many) who are saying that the Mexican drivers in question WOULD be subject to DOT rules
Thanks in advance.....
-scb-
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Posted August 04 2011 - 10:25 AM
Barking Dog, on August 04 2011 - 06:58 AM, said:
Mexican trucks will soon be crossing the border and driving in all 48 states without having to comply with the US DOT regluations. Sec of Transportation Ray LaHood is backing the move. La Hood was appointed by Obama. Just how much more of the membres dues money and DRIVE money is going to be poured down the political cess pool? Democrats have killed the emploeyee free chioce act, caved to republican demands that auto union wages and benefits be bruoght down to the non union level before granting bailout money, will cave to the republicans bill that will make orgainizing harder in the airline indutry, and now are going to allow mexican trucks to run all 48 states without compling with DOT claiming that NAFTA does not allow DOT enofrecement. How long will Hoffa let his political depratment and so-called lobbyists keep funding this type of crap?
There you go again!!! Lest you forget, the IBT has LONG waged a campaign against cross border trucking. I remember a JC 7 rally a couple years ago when 600 Teamsters marched on the 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals in San Francisco while they were hearing the case. It was on all the media. I know. I was there. Where were you?Here's a couple photos of the event. I'm in the first one, in the camos. Next to me is Local 150 President Alan Daurie. On the right are Leslie Miller, and David White from the IBT Communications Department:
. So what you are talking is pure bullshit. You know it and I know it.Why don't you just cowgirl up and ADMIT you come on T Net, get very active around Election time, and try to blame everything from the Chicago Fire, to The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 on Jim Hoffa? YOU HAVE AN AGENDA. It's anti-Union, anti-Teamster, and decidedly anti-Hoffa. Everyone who has been around here for awhile recognizes that.
NOBODY has fought harder against cross border trucking than our Union, led by General President Hoffa. So cut the shit.
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Posted August 04 2011 - 11:51 AM
scb, on August 04 2011 - 07:31 AM, said:
-Barking Dog-
Could you provide some responsible documentation and/or links in regard to your statements of....
"Mexican trucks will soon be crossing the border and driving in all 48 states without having to comply with the US DOT regluations" [sic]
....and....
"....with DOT claiming that NAFTA does not allow DOT enofrecement." [sic]
????
It would be nice to have such references in order to refute the claims of those (and, apparently, there are many) who are saying that the Mexican drivers in question WOULD be subject to DOT rules
Thanks in advance.....
-scb-
Could you provide some responsible documentation and/or links in regard to your statements of....
"Mexican trucks will soon be crossing the border and driving in all 48 states without having to comply with the US DOT regluations" [sic]
....and....
"....with DOT claiming that NAFTA does not allow DOT enofrecement." [sic]
????
It would be nice to have such references in order to refute the claims of those (and, apparently, there are many) who are saying that the Mexican drivers in question WOULD be subject to DOT rules
Thanks in advance.....
-scb-
Back to the question of how long will the membres money and DRIVE money be given to politicains that stab labor in the back? How much money will Obama get next year from those "pass through" drive contributitions that are reported as individaul contributions?
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Posted August 04 2011 - 12:56 PM
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Not sure if it's necessary to point this out, but declarations of not finding evidence for something don't really negate the possibility of it being so. In any case, I'll ask again; could you reference some responsible links or other documentation showing that Mexican drivers will NOT be required to meet DOT standards?
By the way, I entered a search term of "Mexican drivers not required to meet DOT standards" into Google, and a count of over 20 million results was returned...and all the results that I scanned on the first few pages indicated that cross border Mexican drivers WOULD be held to DOT standards. Needless to say, that was somewhat contradictory to what you'd led me to expect.
All of which increases the importance of the documentation you might have for your claim; as I mentioned earlier, many are of another persuasion, and such documentation would be invaluable in showing them the error of their ways. And, as I'm sure you're aware, those who are confronted with evidence of only a "but I point out that none of them say the US DOT safety standards applied to US drivers will be applided [sic] to mexican drivers" nature are going to suggest that it's just another case of union hyperbole. Some might even be so bold as to call it typical Teamster bullsh_t....and I'm sure no responsible Teamster such as yourself would want to lend credit to that type of reputation.
So, again, I sure would appreciate some responsible specific links and/or documentation?
-scb-.
Not sure if it's necessary to point this out, but declarations of not finding evidence for something don't really negate the possibility of it being so. In any case, I'll ask again; could you reference some responsible links or other documentation showing that Mexican drivers will NOT be required to meet DOT standards?
By the way, I entered a search term of "Mexican drivers not required to meet DOT standards" into Google, and a count of over 20 million results was returned...and all the results that I scanned on the first few pages indicated that cross border Mexican drivers WOULD be held to DOT standards. Needless to say, that was somewhat contradictory to what you'd led me to expect.
All of which increases the importance of the documentation you might have for your claim; as I mentioned earlier, many are of another persuasion, and such documentation would be invaluable in showing them the error of their ways. And, as I'm sure you're aware, those who are confronted with evidence of only a "but I point out that none of them say the US DOT safety standards applied to US drivers will be applided [sic] to mexican drivers" nature are going to suggest that it's just another case of union hyperbole. Some might even be so bold as to call it typical Teamster bullsh_t....and I'm sure no responsible Teamster such as yourself would want to lend credit to that type of reputation.
So, again, I sure would appreciate some responsible specific links and/or documentation?
-scb-.
