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New Studies Show the Great Opportunities in--and the Job-Quality Importance of--Energy Construction
Statement from Sean McGarvey--the president of North America's Building Trades
Unions (NABTU)--in:
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(MCGARVEY):
"OUR NEW REPORTS DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH-QUALITY CAREERS IN ENERGY-CONSTRUCTION.
HOWEVER, JOB-QUALITY ALSO MATTERS--AND TODAY'S NATURAL-GAS- AND OIL-JOBS ARE BETTER FOR WORKERS, IN BOTH THE SHORT AND LONG TERM.
WHAT'S MORE, THESE STUDIES SUPPORT WHAT WE HEAR FROM OUR MEMBERS: THAT CAREER-OPPORTUNITIES FOR RENEWABLES ARE NOWHERE NEAR WHAT THEY ARE IN NATURAL GAS AND OIL.
THAT'S BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION-JOBS IN NATURAL GAS AND OIL AREN'T SIMPLY JOBS;
THEY'RE ACTUALLY MIDDLE-CLASS, QUALITY CAREERS. AND, BUILT INTO THESE CAREERS ARE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT
AREN'T AVAILABLE TO MOST AMERICANS. LADDERS TO THE MIDDLE CLASS ARE VITAL IN THE ENERGY-INDUSTRY; INDEED,
THEY'RE REQUIRED IN ANY SUCCESSFUL WORKFORCE-DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND, THE WORKERS IN OUR STUDIES REPORT
THAT--TODAY--NATURAL-GAS- AND OIL-JOBS ARE BETTER FOR THEM--NOT JUST WHEN IT COMES TO PAY AND BENEFITS, BUT ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO LABOR-STANDARDS AND TRAINING.
WE HOPE THAT THESE STUDIES PROVIDE A CAUTIONARY NOTE, FOR LAWMAKERS, POLICYMAKERS, AND ACTIVISTS: THAT NATURAL-GAS- AND OIL-JOBS ARE HIGH-QUALITY JOBS.
AS WE REBUILD THE ECONOMY, WE NEED A PLAN TO REBUILD THE MIDDLE CLASS--WITH FAMILY-SUSTAINABLE WAGES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING AND GROWTH ALIKE, AND BOTH LONG- AND SHORT-TERM BENEFITS.
THE UNION CONSTRUCTION-SECTORS FOR NATURAL GAS AND OIL PROVIDE THEM ALL."
