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Originally Posted by CJ7
I dont have a beef with 587. I used one of your local unions as a reference. Are you a union supporter or not? Hence the winkie face at the nd of that post.
Sheesh.
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Close enough.
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Originally Posted by CJ7
Now, If youm care to provide a credible link that documents TransCanada using American engineers, welders and pipefitters (union or not) over their own employees (union or not) please feel free to do so. Everything I read about them (including the link I provided from USW says otherwise. You have the floor.
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Organized labor believes they will benefit from this pipeline, and they will picket a job this size if Keystone doesn't hire union.
This is what can be found on the web. This 'Labor Agreement' sounds concrete.
Labor Agreement For Keystone XL Pipeline To Create 13,000 American Jobs
Labor Agreement For Keystone XL Pipeline To Create 13,000 American Jobs
TransCanada Corporation announced a Project Labor Agreement for a significant portion of U.S. construction of the proposed US$7 billion Keystone Gulf Coast Expansion Pipeline Project (Keystone XL). The agreement will provide TransCanada with a capable, well-trained and ready workforce in the U.S. to construct Keystone XL. During construction, the project is expected to create over seven million hours of labor and over 13,000 new jobs for American workers.
The Project Labor Agreement is with the Laborers International Union of North America, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, the International Union of Operating Engineers and the Pipeline Contractors Association. . . .
The Laborers International Union of North America represents half a million workers in the heavy construction and building construction trade, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million professionals in the private and public sector, the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO represents 300,000 members across North America in the plumbing and pipefitting industry, and the International Union of Operating Engineers represents 400,000 operating engineers, who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, and surveyors in the construction industry, and stationary engineers, who work in operations and maintenance in building and industrial complexes, and in the service industries.
http://www.pipeline-news.com/feature...-american-jobs
The Keystone Pipeline project is projected to create over 20,000 jobs for middleclass Americans to construct the pipeline and over 118,000 spin-off jobs to communities desperately in need. The United Association and Pipefitters Local 537 is very much in favor of this project and hope you contact your representatives in Washington D.C. to show your support.
http://www.pipefitters537.org/political-action.aspx
Union Support For Keystone XL Pipeline Project
General President William P. Hite and the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada lauded the U.S. Department of State decision to move forward with a next step for the Keystone XL pipeline permit. . . .
The unions have executed a project labor agreement to provide the Keystone XL project with a well-trained workforce in the U.S. The planned 1,959-mile, 36-inch crude oil pipeline will stretch from Hardisty, Alberta to a delivery point in Nederland, TX to serve the Port Arthur, TX marketplace.
http://www.pipeline-news.com/feature...peline-project
Canadian oil sands development will create more than 500,000 new U.S. jobs and generate $775 billion in GDP by 2035.
Keystone XL will generate as many as 20,000 new U.S. jobs during construction alone,
Our country’s skilled tradesmen and women will build this pipeline using state-of-art technology, ensuring the highest possible standards of safety.
http://www.ualocal469.org/library/do...20Pipeline.pdf
