Job Killer In Chief
The administration spent $2.7 billion in public money to cancel 12 offshore wind leases and destroy thousands of union jobs — then courts blocked every stop-work order as illegal.
Source article: US unions organize to defend offshore wind jobs from Trump policies.
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- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- government policy, labour, employment, energy and resource, environment
- Primary entities
- Climate Jobs National Resource Center, Mike Fishman, Chris Erickson, Chrissy Lynch, John Podesta, Lara Skinner, Ryan McElroen, Andrew Cuomo, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, IBEW Local 3, Massachusetts AFL-CIO, Cornell Climate Jobs Institute, Service Employees International Union
- Themes
- Offshore wind energy, Labor unions, Clean energy jobs, Federal court rulings, Inflation Reduction Act, Trump administration energy policy, Hurricane Sandy recovery
- Floor values engaged
- Equality & fairness, Accountability of power, human_life_and_dignity