Thread: Teamsters Say 'Don't Whitewash Border Crash Investigation'

I still have not heard anything in the news about this accident but found this on the teamsters site....

Teamsters Say 'Don't Whitewash Border Crash Investigation'

Teamsters Urge Full-Bore Investigation of Accident that Killed Four

Contact: Leslie Miller,
(202) 624-8734
January 11, 2008

(Washington, D.C.) – The Teamsters Union urges the Bush administration to fully investigate the fiery border crash that involved two Mexican trucks on Thursday—and to tell the public exactly what happened and why.

According to news reports, two tractor-trailer trucks with Mexican license plates crashed and burst into flames on a bridge linking Reynosa, Mexico and Pharr, Texas, on Thursday night. Four people died and six were injured.

“We’ve been saying for years that Mexican trucks are not as safe as American trucks,â€

http://www.themonitor.com/news/bridge_7 ... pharr.html

story from mc allen paper.

link in story to see video

“[quote]Will the Bush administration come clean on exactly what caused the latest deadly accident involving trucks from Mexico?â€

Other Teamsters related threads here:

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-99454.html

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-97100-mexican.html

Thanks jamesw62 for the update!! Can't say it makes me feel any better about them driveing in our country!


U-turn identified as cause of deadly collision on Pharr international bridge


Sean Gaffney and Zack Quaintance
January 11, 2008 - 9:23AM
Pharr — A tractor-trailer driver trying to make a U-turn on the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge caused the collision that killed four and left six with minor injuries, a bridge official said Friday.

The Mexican truck driver, who worked for the Flete Y Acarreos de Reynosa trucking company, was headed north toward the United States with a load of electronics, bridge director Jesse Medina said. About 7:10 p.m. the man turned his rig 180 degrees and collided with an empty southbound semitrailer from the Oscar J. Cienfuegos Hernandez trucking company, Medina added.

While it would seem impossible for a semitrailer to make a U-turn on the bridge, truckers on the Mexican side routinely do just that when they realize that they’re missing the proper documentation to cross the international border with cargo, Medina said.

“It’s almost impossible to do (a U-turn) without hitting the barriers,â€

This does need to be in the news.

Edit: I'll save the contact list for another time!

The Teamsters could care less about the public safety regarding this issue. The teamsters are upset because the Mexican Truck Drivers are not union due paying members.

Remember, it was the AFL-CIO who sued in Federal Court to stop the No Match Letters that were to be sent out to thousands of employers across the country.

The teamsters could care less about the illegal invaders just as long as they pay their membership dues.

Originally Posted by PhredE

Other Teamsters related threads here:

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-99454.html

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-97100-mexican.html

Thanks "Phred" I missed those articles things move so fast here it is easy to miss important news!!

I'm the type that hates to miss anything

NoBueno, Stealthwii, et al...

I included my other links to the Teamsters' related threads here simply to point out that while they have also been opposed to the Mexican trucking demo project (and with our support - even if not coordinated), they have also taken to defending IAs by not taking a stance against amnesty.

So, in short, take the good news with 'a grain of salt' here...

SOSAD - hey, no problem. Just wanted to give a more complete look at the entire range of Teamster positions on the issues here.