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Teamsters * USA - Want DOT secretary canned over Mexican truck pilot
One of the most influential labor organizations in the U.S., the Teamsters Union, is now targeting Transportation Secretary Mary Peters' jobWashington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -7 Feb 2008: -- ... The union recently launched a nationwide campaign to fire Peters for "unlawfully opening the border to unsafe trucks from Mexico"... The anti-Peters campaign includes a web site offering downloadable "Fire Mary Peters" windshield signs. In addition, posters and floor graphics were to be posted near the Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C... The Teamsters will argue in court on Feb. 12 that Peters broke federal laws by not ensuring motorists aren't endangered by allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. highways. The case will be heard in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco... Meanwhile, according to the Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), one of the larger Mexican carriers participating in cross-border trucking program quit the pilot... (Photo: Unions and special interest groups have now set their sights on DOT Secretary Peters' job to stop the Mexican cross border program)
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