Files for waiver to have safety check on Mexican side only
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Union Pacific is asking the Federal Railroad Administration to allow a train that regularly originates in Mexico to undergo safety inspections south of the border and enter without any checks in the U.S.
The FRA has scheduled a waiver hearing on the matter Feb. 7 in Laredo, Texas,
The United Transportation Union, a broad-based labor union headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, opposes the move.
“Already at war with many of its customers over poor service and escalating prices, Union Pacific now is seeking authority to avoid safety inspections on U.S. soil and run trains from Mexico as far as 1,500 miles through and into major U.S. metropolitan areas,” the union says.
Paul Thompson, the UTU international president, has gone on record objecting to the plan.
"It’s as if 9/11 never occurred, and public safety and national safety must take a back seat to increased profits and bigger executive bonuses,&quo