Keystone wobblies.

AuthorSlade, Stephanie
PositionUnion hits back - Laborers' International Union of North America on Keystone XL pipeline - Brief article

When President Barack Obama used his veto power in February to block legislation passed by both houses of Congress that would have authorized construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) came at him swinging.

LIUNA's general president, Terry O'Sullivan, put out a two-line statement calling the veto "disgustingly predictable." In an earlier release anticipating the president's action, O'Sullivan accused Obama of "put[ting] politics first" and said "too manyjob-killing Democrats have perverted" the process for approving major infrastructure projects.

LIUNA has not...

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