Washington, D.C. – September 20, 2024 – North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) President Sean McGarvey issued the following statement:

“North America’s Building Trades Unions is excited to support the historic decision by Constellation Energy to restart Unit 1 of Three Mile Island. This announcement is a critical step for Pennsylvania’s economy and the future of the U.S. nuclear industry. This project exemplifies how clean energy investments drive economic growth while creating family-sustaining union jobs. We are thrilled to see Constellation provide Pennsylvanians yet another pathway for reliable, union employment opportunities for skilled workers, fueling the thriving Infrastructure Generation.

“As we embrace this opportunity to expand clean energy infrastructure, NABTU looks forward to collaborating with Constellation to ensure that the workforce building and maintaining this critical facility reflects the gold standards of NABTU’s workplace safety and expertise. 

“This project not only strengthens Pennsylvania’s role as an energy powerhouse, but also sends a message that investing in clean, union jobs creates pathways for a stronger future for American workers.”

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Media Contact: Betsy Barrett, (202) 997-3266 | bbarrett@nabtu.org

About NABTU: North America’s Building Trades Unions is an alliance of 14 national and international unions in the building and construction industry that collectively represent over 3 million skilled craft professionals in the United States and Canada.  Each year, our unions and signatory contractor partners invest almost $2 billion in private-sector money to fund and operate over 1,900 apprenticeship training and education facilities across North America that produce the safest, most highly trained, and productive skilled craft workers found anywhere in the world.  NABTU is dedicated to creating economic security and employment opportunities for its construction workers by safeguarding wage and benefits standards, promoting responsible private capital investments, investing in renowned apprenticeship and training, and creating more construction career pathways to the middle class for women, communities of color, indigenous people, veterans, and the justice-involved. For more information, please visit nabtu.org.