The oil and natural gas industry has joined forces with members of the trade union movement to form The Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee, an organization that promotes innovation, exploration, job retention and growth. This historic partnership between the industry and labor unions that represents many of its member company employees will discuss and explore plans to protect and establish quality jobs by promoting innovative and affordable access to domestic energy that is vital to the American economy.

The Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee seeks to:

• Advance public policy goals and promote technology that will drive job growth;
• Forge coalitions with like-minded organizations to advance public policy goals and promote technology that will drive job growth and address long-term challenges;
• Educate the public about the economic impact and effects of legislation that would affect exploration for, processing, refining, or marketing oil and natural gas;
• Identify areas of skills training needed in the construction and maintenance side of the industry;
• Address long-term challenges, such as increasing access, promoting pro job growth tax policies, promoting energy security, and rationally addressing climate change.

Central to all the efforts of the Committee is the creation of jobs across a broad spectrum of the oil and natural gas industry, including construction and permanent jobs in the upstream and downstream sectors, such as exploration and production, transportation, pipelines and refineries.