DEBATE * USA - President Opens Border to Mexican Trucks and Drivers

2007/03/14 05:54

Press Release from:

Info Trucks & Buses Worldwide

* To find out why the Bush administration ignores the comfort and safety of ordinary U.S. drivers, just follow the money. Big corporations are eager to have their made-in-Mexico-by-cheap-labor products delivered in the United States by Mexican drivers, who are paid 33 to 40 percent less than U.S. truckers...

* John Hill, administrator of the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said that in 2006 about 23 percent of U.S. trucks were taken out of service because they failed inspections compared with 21 percent of Mexican trucks that were sidelined...

* Con-way

Freight-Southern president James P. (Phil) Worthington appeared on behalf of the American Trucking Associations, Inc. (ATA) at a hearing on “Long-Haul Cross-Border Trucking Operations with Mexico.”... Worthington spoke in support of an initiative announced last month aimed at expanding cross-border trucking operations with Mexico...