Construction workers in the energy sector strongly prefer jobs in the oil and natural gas segment to jobs building solar, wind and other renewable energy projects, new studies commissioned by North America’s Building Trades Unions have found.
According to two studies released July 17, union and nonunion workers surveyed report that projects in the oil and natural gas sector “have better wages, benefits and opportunities than renewable projects,” NABTU President Sean McGarvey said in a telephone press briefing.