Teamsters Applaud ANWR Development - International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Will Create Jobs, Promote Energy Independence for All Americans, Hoffa Says
'For decades skilled American labor -- union labor -- has successfully performed the many tasks involved in developing energy on Alaska's North Slope,' Hoffa said. 'Along with our brothers and sisters in more than a dozen other unions, the Teamsters stand ready to fill the jobs that ANWR will create and get to work developing more American energy for American consumers.'
UPI 3/8/2002 news archives: But the Teamsters and other unions -- including the Carpenters and the Operating Engineers -- support the Bush administration's energy plan, including proposed oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.