Wisconsin utilities pledge to use union labor for clean energy construction.

Union workers will build most utility-scale renewable energy installations in Wisconsin under an agreement between the state's investor-owned utilities and five labor unions. Each of the utilities has signed a pledge to use union labor "to the fullest extent possible," cementing existing relationships and ensuring that contractors use Wisconsin union workers on billions of dollars of future solar, wind and battery storage projects. The agreements include unions representing the building trades, electricians, laborers, carpenters and equipment operators. Union officials hailed the pledge as a first of it's kind agreement in...