Teamsters and Alaskan NWR Oil Drilling

[Nathan Newman]

No damn the Teamsters for pitting themselves against environmentalists,
other unions, and many of their own members.

>From the newswires:

"The labor movement is not completely united behind the Bush energy plan.
According to the Alaska Coalition, an Alaska based environmental group, the
Communications Workers of America, the National Federal of Independent
Unions, the National Writers Union, and the Employees International union
are opposed to the drilling.

The Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers (OCAW), the organization that represents
Alaska's energy workers, wrote President Clinton in 1996 saying, "We have
examined the oil industry's claims of producing hundreds of thousands of
jobs throughout the nation from ANWR development and find these are highly
dubious.

Although Hoffa has endorsed drilling in ANWR, his political opponents in the
Teamsters' Union have criticized the decision.

The Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) replied to Hoffa's endorsement of
drilling in ANWR in a statement saying, "We need to stand in solidarity with
the environmentalists. When they draw a line, just like we expect them to
support us when we draw a line, we need to respect their decisions."

Nathan Newman
nathan at newman.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Sawicky" <sawicky at bellatlantic.net>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 8:42 AM
Subject: RE: Teamsters and Alaskan NWR Oil Drilling


Damn the environmentalists for putting the
environment against workers.

mbs


Damn the teamsters for pitting workers against the
environmentalists!

Thomas


> By LEIGH STROPE, AP Labor Writer
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) - The Teamsters will start airing
> radio ads this week in favor of drilling in the