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NAFTA Could Cost Drivers Two Million More Jobs
Posted by Allen Smith in Politics, Talk Radio Show, otr trucking, trucking on September 22nd, 2009
Opening Mexico’s border under the NAFTA agreement could cost professional truck drivers in the U. S. as many as two million jobs. With an estimated four million active U. S. truck drivers, that would equal cutting half of the work force. With an industry that already uses new student and CDL drivers for cheap labor to haul the cheap freight, should the Mexican border be opened completely would be devastating to the United States truckers’ vocation.
Listen to Truth About Trucking “LIVE” talk radio show which recently discussed this important issue:
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: border, cdl drivers, jobs, mexican border, mexico, NAFTA, student, talk radio, truck drivers, trucking, truth about trucking
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Are Mexico Trucks Coming to American Roads?
Posted by Allen Smith in Politics, Safety, trucking on August 9th, 2009
I’m reaching the point of saturation with political topics. It seems that at every turn there is some battle taking place within America’s politics. So at times, I tell myself . . . no more. Then, another piece of news breaks and it is so important and vital to our way of life, that I have to step in to the ring once again and prepare for yet another fight.
Thanks to TruckerToTrucker, we now discover that today, Sunday, August 9th, 2009 – Mr. Obama and “Mexican President Felipe Calderon will be discussing cross-border trucking at the North American Leaders Summit.” Furthermore, “President Calderon will pressure President Obama to move forward with opening U.S. roads to Mexico-domiciled trucking companies and truck drivers.” You can read their post : Mexican trucks are coming – for the full story and who to contact to voice your disapproval of this issue.
As I posted on TruckertoTrucker, this guy and his administration is out to do whatever they can to destroy the livelihood of so many Americans. I have nothing against Mexico and their people. I love the country and its culture and so forth, but millions of Americans are without work, thousands of drivers are finding it difficult to locate work, thousands more of CDL grads cannot find a driving job, after the CDL schools took their money anyway … and not to mention the safety factor involved for our nations’ travelers. It’s all under the disguise of the NAFTA agreement, but it’s only one more way to pull America down and create more hardships for the citizens of this country.
Check out their article and you will find contact information for those to let your voices be heard that this is yet another “policy” that would be detrimental to America.
Allen Smith
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: America, Felipe Calderon, mexico, NAFTA, Obama, roads, Safety, trucker, trucks
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Truckers from Mexico Sue the U.S. for $6 Billion
Posted by Allen Smith in Politics, trucking on June 2nd, 2009
By: Jose De Cordoba
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican trade association representing more than 4,500 trucking companies is seeking $6 billion in damages from the U.S. government because of Washington’s refusal to allow Mexican trucks to carry cargo over U.S. roads.
The group, Canacar, filed a demand for arbitration under NAFTA with the U.S. State Department in April, but didn’t publicize the move until Monday.
“We want reciprocity,” said Pedro Ojeda, a lawyer for Canacar. “The U.S. has notoriously not kept its commitments.” Mr. Ojeda said the complaint is the largest such demand made under Nafta, as the 1993 pact is known.
The rest of the story . . .
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: canacar, mexico, NAFTA, sue, Truckers, trucking companies, U.S.
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NAFTA Show Reveals FACTS About Policy
Posted by Allen Smith in Freight Broker, Talk Radio Show, otr trucking, trucking on May 4th, 2009
Our BTR show yesterday evening brought in hundreds of listeners as we discussed the real facts about NAFTA and its effects on the world economy.
Our next show is Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 at 7:30 PM EST – Special guest, Jack Martin of A1 Freight Broker Training. Making his second appearance on Truth About Trucking “LIVE” – our first show with Mr. Martin was one of our most successful shows to date.
When will freight pick up? What is the out look on trucking’s future? How do you build your own customer base and what does it take to have your own freight broker business? We’ll look at all of these aspects, plus much more with the expert in the field – Jack Martin.
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Join us for our next show and join the conversation – guest call-in number: 347-826-9170
Thanks,
Allen
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Is NAFTA Working or Not?
Posted by Allen Smith in Politics, Safety, Talk Radio Show on May 2nd, 2009
With lost U. S. jobs estimated as high as 25 million and companies and corporations moving to Mexico and Canada, is NAFTA working as it was promised to do so? When President George W. Bush signed the NAFTA agreement on December 17th, 1992 he stated that “NAFTA would be a catalyst for economic growth in the three countries.”
Yet, many of the other two countries Governmental offices and officials claim that NAFTA has, in fact, hurt their economical growth as well.
Mr. Obama vowed to reopen NAFTA and insure “labor, environmental and safety standards that are enforced.“ Now, it appears the decision has been made to not re-negotiate NAFTA policies and to leave it as is.
Trucking talk radio, Truth About Trucking “LIVE” invites you to join in on our upcoming show: NAFTA – Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 at 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time and let us know what you think?
Is NAFTA working or not?
Come join the converstaion … Only on Blog Talk Radio
Thanks,
Allen Smith
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NAFTA Trade Sees Record Drop in February
Posted by Allen Smith in Politics, otr trucking, trucking on April 30th, 2009
Surface transportation between the United States, Canada and Mexico through the NAFTA agreement, fell by 30.9 % in February ‘09 compared to the same time in ‘08. This resulted in the largest year to year percentage drop on record, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Dropping to $47.9 Billion, February was the fourth consecutive month showing a yearly decline that was greater than 13%. Imports solely transported through trucking, showed a decline of 29.3%, while exports dropped by 23.6%.
Allen
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NAFTA and the Effects on U.S. Trucking
Posted by Allen Smith in Politics, Talk Radio Show, Truck Driving Jobs, trucking on April 23rd, 2009
Since 2000, corporations have shipped more than 525,000 white-collar jobs overseas, and many estimates report that up to 14 million middle-class jobs will have been exported out of America by the year 2010.
Many high-tech jobs are and have been lost as corporations look for low-wage workers in countries such as India and China.
Meanwhile, the jobs being created in the United States through NAFTA, are generally low-wage paying jobs that do not offer health coverage or ensure any type of retirement security. Statitics show that almost one-quarter of U.S. workers are in jobs that pay less than $8.85 per hour, keeping them in the poverty range. Sixty percent of these workers are women.
Since its conception in 1993, NAFTA has resulted in the loss of million of jobs for U.S. workers. Although U.S. domestic exports to its NAFTA partners have increased, NAFTA has led to job losses in all 50 states. We will be taking a hard look at NAFTA and its future effects on the U.S. trucking industry on Truth About Trucking “LIVE” – Sunday, May 3rd at 4 PM EST.
NAFTA – Socialism or Capitalism? Join us and let us know what you think?
Thanks,
Allen
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