LIUNA General President Brent Booker told a U.S. Senate Committee today that “frivolous litigation” and distortion of the regulatory process is costing thousands of good blue collar jobs and blocking the U.S. drive for energy independence.
“Our nation’s boom in energy production has provided significant work hours and jobs for our membership as we march toward complete energy independence and global competitiveness with a determination unmatchable by any other world nation,” Booker testified before the Environment and Public Works Committee. “We are sick and tired of frivolous litigation tactics … taking food off the tables of our members’ families.”
LIUNA’s more than 530,000 members, who work predominantly in the construction industry, are the labor behind building virtually every energy project, including, solar, wind, oil, natural gas, hydropower and nuclear power.