To: Paul V. who wrote (121404 ) 3/11/2014 6:15:08 PM From: locogringo 2 RecommendationsRecommended By lorne TideGlider
Respond to of 224705 Some UNION officials care about their workers...................some BLOVIATED THUGS only care about traveling and their scummy UNDESERVED retirement on the member's union dues money. That money could have purchased food, housing and education for their kids. No names need be mentioned, and no names will be mentioned. <<<snicker>>>March 11, 2014, 03:11 pm Unions: Keystone review 'reeks of politics' Union leaders joined with the nation’s largest oil and gas lobby on Tuesday to demand that President Obama approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Labor leaders have long backed the pipeline, arguing it would create thousands of construction jobs and boost the economy. But many of them have been muted in their criticism of President Obama, for fear of opening a rift with the White House over the controversial project.That seemed to change on Tuesday, as the presidents of building trade unions linked the delay of Keystone to broader anger at the administration within the labor movement. "Our anger doesn't just stop with Keystone XL," Terry O'Sullivan, president of the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) told The Hill. "We are extremely angry about the Affordable Care Act and the fact that there is 12.8 percent unemployment in construction." "Are [lawmakers] really for jobs and the middle class?" O'Sullivan said. "This whole thing reeks of politics." O'Sullivan joined three other union presidents and Jack Gerard, the chief of the American Petroleum Institute, at a press conference urging the administration to approve Keystone XL, which would carry oil sands from Canada to the Gulf Coast. "It's time to approve the pipeline. We've had five comprehensive reviews; that's longer than it took us to win World War II," Gerard said. "No more excuses; let's put our people to work." Read more: thehill.com