Teamsters May Withdraw Support for ANWR Oil Exploration

(CNSNews.com) - One of the nation’s most powerful labor unions is “reexamining” its support for drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), a policy it has supported for several years.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents 1.4 million workers nationally, has supported expanded drilling in Alaska in the past. But that could change, said Leslie Miller, spokeswoman for the Teamsters, because, as she said, there needs to be a solution in the short term for reducing oil prices and boosting the economy.

“We have (supported ANWR drilling) in the past, but I believe we are reexamining that position,” Miller told Cybercast News Service. “There may be an announcement coming up on that.”