Steve MacLellan

Construction of Keystone XL will create 13,200 (U.S., 10,400, and Canada, 2,800) high-quality jobs and local contracting opportunities for welders, surveyors, engineers, environmental specialists and more for communities and Indigenous groups.

https://www.tcenergy.com/operations/oil-and-liquids/keystone-xl/

TC Energy Corporation has reached agreements with four labour unions to build the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline – a move that could amplify political pressure on Joe Biden, who has threatened to rip up permits for the project even as he courts blue-collar workers.

The labor agreements being announced Tuesday help pave the way for 2,000 unionized workers to begin building some of the project’s 28 planned pump stations in the U.S. this fall – even while TC Energy continues to seek other permits to begin constructing the pipeline itself – according to senior vice-president Richard Prior. TC Energy is already building the Canadian portion of Keystone XL, aiming to start shipping crude in 2023.