US Steelworkers union looks to clean energy to replace job losses at refineries

The USW, which represents about 30,000 crude oil refineries and petrochemical chemical plant workers in North America

The United Steelworkers union is counting on clean energy projects to spur membership growth, offsetting losses at oil refining and petrochemical plants, a union official said, even if Donald Trump wins the presidential election on November 5 against US Vice President Kamala Harris.

The USW, which represents about 30,000 crude oil refineries and petrochemical chemical plant workers in North America, said major growth may be coming as projects backed by the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act are built and provisions supporting union-jobs deployed.