April 21, 2014

Heh - unions in the news

From Yahoo/Associated Press:
Fracking foes cringe as unions back drilling boom
After early complaints that out-of-state firms got the most jobs, some local construction trade workers and union members in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia say they're now benefiting in a big way from the Marcellus and Utica Shale oil and gas boom.

That vocal support from blue-collar workers complicates efforts by environmentalists to limit the drilling process known as fracking.

"The shale became a lifesaver and a lifeline for a lot of working families," said Dennis Martire, the mid-Atlantic regional manager for the Laborers' International Union, or LIUNA, which represents workers in numerous construction trades.
What happens when economic realities run into political agenda. Fracking is a mature technology and is releasing huge amounts of petroleum products that would otherwise sit fallow. More faster please! Posted by DaveH at April 21, 2014 8:16 PM
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