Excerpts from KOMO News:

Shell’s giant oil rig parked at the Port of Seattle has outraged plenty of people, but at least one group is very glad the rig pulled in.

“It’s huge for the local economy,” said Gail McCormick with the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific. The entire local Shell project will employ an estimated 415 people across the region, including workers in Port Angeles.

“Not only does it help the Seattle economy for them to be here, it helps the whole state’s economy because my guys live all over the state,” McCormick said.

He added that is if Shell listens and does pull out, “a lot of them would be laid off.”

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