“Very often when we talk about natural gas pipelines in general there’s a lot of talk and a lot of focus on the jobs not being local jobs and the jobs not being permanent jobs…I can tell you as a 30-year operating engineer and the son of a 40-year operating engineer that they are career jobs. Maybe we go from project to project but every time one of these projects comes forth, they’re very good middle class, well-paying jobs.”

– Greg Lalevee, ELEC825 Chairman


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