AFL-CIO Condemns Job-Threatening Order to Stop Offshore Wind Projects

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration ordering work to stop on offshore wind projects along the East Coast:

President Trump's attempt to abruptly scuttle East Coast wind projects, leaving thousands of workers in limbo during the holiday season, is irresponsible policy that threatens to take America backward. Our economy is in a fragile state as unemployment rises, and electricity and other prices spike. Destroying good union jobs on projects that are poised to meet demand and deliver electricity to the grid makes no sense. If lower prices and good jobs are actually a priority for this administration it must reverse course immediately, allowing workers to finish the clean energy projects already underway.

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