Mexico's Civil Servants to Block Border
By Tom Shoop | Thursday, August 30, 2007 | 12:27 PM
By Tom Shoop | Thursday, August 30, 2007 | 12:27 PM
In Mexico, civil servants don't mess around when it comes to fighting back against changes in their benefits. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports today that a Mexican teachers union "plans to block ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border tomorrow to protest changes to federal employee pension plans."
The idea is to wreak havoc with U.S. travelers' efforts to venture into Mexico for Labor Day weekend. And it's not the first time the Mexican teachers have used this tactic: In June, thousands of them shut down traffic at the San Ysidro, Calif. border checkpoint.
The teachers, by the way, are unhappy with a new Mexican law requiring government employees in the country to contribute more to their pension plans and to work longer.
Comments
Right on!! Those teachers would probably do a better job keeping their people south of the border and make more money then they would as a teacher.
Border Tamale | Friday, August 31, 2007 | 12:28 AMGreat, now the number of illegal infiltrators will drop briefly. Why don't we just hire the Mexican civil servants to guard the border in both directions? They'll work cheaper than the officers in the Border Patrol!
Christmas Tree | Thursday, August 30, 2007 | 02:34 PMABOUT THIS BLOG
Government Executive Editor Tom Shoop takes a look at news and events affecting the federal bureaucracy, from the perspective of a longtime observer of government.
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