Trump’s War on Wind Power Is Killing Thousands of Union Jobs
A stop-work order from the Trump administration last month paused construction of a wind turbine farm off the coast of Rhode Island, laying off 1,000 unionized workers. The administration is threatening to halt yet more offshore wind projects.

The Revolution Wind offshore turbine farm off the coast of Rhode Island is 80 percent complete, but its fate remains uncertain after President Donald Trump’s Department of Interior issued a stop-work order on August 22. (Adam Glanzman / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Environmental groups and unions representing construction workers found common ground this summer over President Donald Trump’s blocking of offshore wind projects.
The Revolution Wind offshore turbine farm off the coast of Rhode Island is 80 percent complete, but its fate remains uncertain after the Department of Interior issued a stop-work order on August 22.
“The full thing was finally getting put together and having it stopped like that was out of nowhere,” said Antonio Gianfrancesco, a Laborer from Local 271 who has been working the project for more than two years.