Posted on 01/26/2021 8:49:12 AM PST by SeekAndFind
On his first day in office, Joe Biden killed the Keystone XL pipeline. This controversial move was condemned by the United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters (UA).
“In revoking this permit, the Biden Administration has chosen to listen to the voices of fringe activists instead of union members and the American consumer on Day 1,” Mark McManus, president of the UA, said on Monday. “Let me be very clear: When built with union labor by the men and women of the United Association, pipelines like Keystone XL remain the safest and most efficient modes of energy transportation in the world. Sadly, the Biden Administration has now put thousands of union workers out of work. For the average American family, it means energy costs will go up and communities will no longer see the local investments that come with pipeline construction.”
McManus’s prediction about the impact that killing the pipeline will have is spot on. So, this begs the question: Why did McManus and the UA endorse Joe Biden for president last summer? In fact, not only did they endorse him, Biden’s so-called record of standing with unions and creating jobs was given as the main reason for their endorsement.
“This endorsement is about putting UA members to work and fighting for fair wages and good benefits. Under a Biden Administration, that’s exactly what we’ll get,” said McManus in his endorsement of Biden. “Let’s be real: nobody in the Oval Office will be with us on every single issue. But with his long history of standing shoulder to shoulder with working families and his commitment to an all-of-the-above energy approach that will mean more UA jobs, protecting the hard-earned retirements of our members, and appointing union-friendly judges, Joe Biden will be a fierce ally to our UA Brothers and Sisters”
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SOURCE: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/politics/joe-biden-not-banning-fracking/index.html
TITLE: Biden: ‘I am not banning fracking’
SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-fracking-idUSKBN25R2NI
TITLE: U.S. presidential hopeful Biden says he would not ban fracking
SOURCE: https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/harris-reverses-herself-on-fracking-ban/
(EXCERPT)
Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Sunday reversed her support for a ban on fracking, a policy position she held through her failed 2020 presidential campaign.
Harris said on CNN’s State of the Union that she would support her running mate Joe Biden’s recent commitment to not ban fracking, saying that it provides “good-paying jobs in places like Pennsylvania.”
Biden has been saying for a year what he was going to do if elected.
Did they think he was kidding???
It’s too bad stupidity isn’t painful...
Doublespeak.
He said he would ban it on many occasions.
And he said he would not ban it on many occasions.
Multiple arrests and prosecutions and the UAW rank and file did nothing about it.”
They're plumbers, not rocket scientists. Seriously, these people need to start thinking for themselves and stop listening to the union reps who are more interested in maintaining their own position in the power structure than in the well-being of the workers that they are supposed to represent.
I love it that in this country a blue collar worker, willing to work hard, can make the kind of money that these guys were making. Now, with the stroke of a pen, a lot of these jobs are gone. The men and women that formerly performed these jobs are now the butt of a sick joke. I wonder if any of the union big shots are taking a similar pay cut...?
The unions have been willing tools of the commies for over a century. No sympathy for them at all.
Hard to believe they could be so stupid as not to know, Everyone else did from the start.
A “John Kerry” moment at the UA. They were in favor of cancelling the pipeline before they were opposed.
The fatcat bosses will do fine. It’s the workers I’m sorry for.
I sent this union a very nice email asking them how their money and endorsement of Bidumb was working out for them. Somehow, I doubt I’ll get an answer in return.
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