Wall Street Journal: Trade unions threaten to withhold support for politicians opposing data center projects, warning that blocking the projects endangers building-related jobs  —  Trade unions threaten to withhold support for politicians, joining the building backlash  —  Much of the public outcry …

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      Randal: All those innocent contractors hired to do a job were killed- casualties of a war they had nothing to do with. (notices Dante’s confusion) All right, look-you’re a roofer, and some juicy government contract comes your way; you got the wife and kids and the two-story in suburbia-this is a government contract, which means all sorts of benefits. All of a sudden these left-wing militants blast you with lasers and wipe out everyone within a three-mile radius. You didn’t ask for that. You have no personal politics. You’re just trying to scrape out a living.

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    Sure, not like there’s anything more useful in need of building. Like, say, housing. Or even the factories Trump is trying to bring into existence with tariffs.

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    Awwwww

    Why dont you sell that idea to the millions of laid of IT workers. See if they’re buying.

    🖕

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    9/10 I’m pro union. This falls under that 1/10 where I’m not. Frankly speaking data centers shouldn’t even be a factor given how much infrastructure alone in the US needs to be more or less ripped up and replaced not even getting into things that’d fall under quality of life like putting awnings with solar over parking lots or some shit.