Trade Unions Silent On Why They Endorsed Biden Despite His Promise To Nix Keystone

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Thomas Catenacci
Reporter
February 12, 2021 5:04 PM ET


    Multiple trade unions involved in Keystone XL Pipeline construction refused to explain why they endorsed President Joe Biden who promised to nix the union job-creating project.
    The North America’s Building Trades Union endorsed Biden in October, but said it was “deeply disappointed” after his Keystone executive action.
    “I wish he hadn’t done that on the first day,” American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations President Richard Trumka, who endorsed Biden, told Axios. “It did and will cost us jobs in the process.”

Multiple trade unions involved in Keystone XL Pipeline construction refused to explain why they endorsed President Joe Biden who promised to nix the union job-creating project.

Trade unions who had praised the Keystone XL Pipeline for creating thousands of jobs were silent when asked repeatedly by the Daily Caller News Foundation why they supported President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office, revoking the federal permit for the Keystone Pipeline after promising to do exactly that during his campaign.

“The Teamsters strongly oppose yesterday’s decision, and we would urge the administration to reconsider it,” International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said in a statement following the executive action.

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https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/12/trade-unions-support-joe-biden-promise-keystone-pipeline-executive-order/

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UPDATE


Arthur Schwartz
@ArthurSchwartz
Union boss @RichardTrumka looked the other way when Biden killed the Keystone XL pipeline & screwed pipeline workers. Now Biden is giving Trumka’s kid a job. #corrupt

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