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Bush Administration Response to Teamsters' Mexican Trucks Suit Due Today
08.30.07, 12:53 PM ET


Transportation Department Has Until 3 p.m. Eastern To Respond To Teamsters

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has given the Bush administration a deadline of 3 p.m. Eastern today to respond to the Teamsters' lawsuit filed yesterday seeking to block Mexican trucks from entering the United States.

The Teamsters filed an emergency injunction yesterday to block the U.S. Department of Transportation from moving forward with its reckless plan to open the U.S. border as early as this Labor Day holiday weekend to unsafe Mexican trucks.

After the response has been received, the Teamsters Union has until 7 p.m. Eastern today to respond.

WHO: International Brotherhood of Teamsters WHAT: U.S. Department of Transportation response to Teamsters suit to block Mexican trucks from entering the United States WHEN: Bush administration deadline: Thursday, August 30, 2007 3 p.m. Eastern Teamsters deadline: Thursday, August 30, 2007 7 p.m. Eastern WHERE: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals 95 Seventh Street San Francisco, CA 94119 CONTACT: Leslie Miller of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6911, Cell: +1-202-439-1904, lmiller@teamster.org

SOURCE International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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