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Union, business interests voice support for oil terminal

Labor unions and business representatives turned out in numbers at the Port of Vancouver commissioners meeting Tuesday to urge port leaders not to cancel the lease with Vancouver Energy. For about an hour, speaker after speaker — most wearing a mix of union regalia, high-visibility orange hoodies or blue T-shirts with “jobs now” emblazed across the front — took to the lectern to praise the oil terminal and the work it would bring. Scott Schaefer of the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters said Vancouver Energy has been a ” good reliable partner” to the port.

 

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