Dallas-based Energy Transfer just got the support of five labor unions this week in the company’s fight to finish construction of its $4 billion Dakota Access Pipeline opposed by the Obama administration.
The unions include LiUNA and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters who sent a letter to President Obama expressing deep concerns about his administration’s plan to stop work on the pipeline.
“The intervention by the Departments of Justice, Interior, and the U.S. Army to indefinitely halt a project that is more than halfway constructed and has received state and federal approval raises serious concerns about the future of infrastructure development in America, and the livelihoods of our members,” wrote leaders of the unions. “We urge you to adhere to the well-established regulatory process for permitting private infrastructure projects and approve the easement for the remaining section of the Dakota Access project without delay.”
They called the action “extraordinary intervention” and said it “is chilling for future investment in necessary U.S. infrastructure.”