A Mexican Truck Blew Up, killing 34 people.
It was loaded with dynamite.
This happened on the very day the Teamsters are trying to gain support for an amendment introduced by Byron Dorgan to stop this pilot program.
In May, the House of Representatives passed Peter DeFazio’s H.R. 1773, the Safe American Roads Act of 2007 to stop unsafe Mexican trucks onto U.S. highways. The vote was 411 to 3. That is overwhelming bi-partisan support. Yet, the Bush administration, with their corporate agenda at any cost to the American people, went ahead with this dangerous pilot program anyway.
Allowing Mexican trucks and workers onto U.S. highways also affects American jobs. By allowing Mexico to bypass US ports and truckers, safety standards, training and U.S. wages, once again we have more labor arbitrage at the expense of the U.S. worker.
Please show some solidarity and ask your Senators to support the Dorgan amendment.
Update: Dorgan amendment passed the Senate!
Thank you Senator Dorgan!
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