Headlines like these are why unions are in decline in the US: they care about no one other than their members, and no one other than their members like them.
http://inthesetimes.com/article/16221/angering_environmentalists_afl_cio_pushes_fossil_fuel_investme/ ---------------------snip Angering Environmentalists, AFL-CIO Pushes Fossil-Fuel Investment The nation's leading environmental groups are digging their heels in the sand by rejecting President Obama's "all-of-the above" domestic energy strategy--which calls for pursuing renewable energy sources like wind and solar, but simultaneously expanding oil and gas production. But it appears the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor federation, won't be taking environmentalists' side in this fight, despite moves toward labor-environmentalist cooperation in recent years. On a recent conference call with reporters, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka endorsed two initiatives reviled by green groups: the Keystone XL pipeline and new natural gas export terminals. "There's no environmental reason that [the pipeline] can't be done safely while at the same time creating jobs," said Trumka. In response to a question from In These Times, Trumka also spoke in favor of boosting exports of natural gas.
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