RE: They are currently in storage waiting for the go ahead.
What are the workers doing in the meantime? Are their salaries being paid while they wait?
Pump manufactures would be working on other pumps for other orders. Pipeline workers for the future Keystone XL line haven't been hired yet.
No. It is a factory, they built the pumps, tested them, placed them in long term storage and the workers have moved on to built other pumps for other projects.
This is the company I refer to: www.sulzer.com