Trade unions representing laid-off Keystone XL workers silent after report shows thousands of job losses
Fox News
Four major trade unions that were set to represent Keystone XL pipeline workers before President Biden canceled the project's permits, were silent this week when asked the job losses.
"The Keystone XL pipeline project will put thousands of Americans, including Teamsters, to work in good union jobs that will support working families," Jim Hoffa, the former general president of the IBT, said after the agreement was announced. "We believe in supporting projects which prioritize the creation of good jobs through much-needed infrastructure development." Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
However, months later, in January 2021, President Biden nixed the pipeline's federal permits as part of his climate agenda, stating that the U.S. "must prioritize the development of a clean energy economy." TC Energy withdrew from the project in June 2021 as a result of Biden's decision despite Republican states' efforts to force the federal government to reinstate the permits.