Clinton infrastructure plan aimed to soothe unions after KXL

摘要

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's team used a $275 billion pitch to upgrade the nation's aging electric grid, roads, bridges and water systems as a lever for coaxing endorsements and softening relationships with trade unions still smarting from the Obama administration's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, according to hacked emails. Messages stolen from political strategist John Podesta's account and released by WikiLeaks show top Clinton aides gauging how different labor unions would respond to her coming out against KXL, and saw the five-year infrastructure proposal as an olive branch. "One thing that will be helpful: Detailed infrastructure policy roll out soon," Nikki Budzinski, director of labor outreach for Hillary for America, wrote on Sept. 9, 2015.