Before Minnesota approved the pipeline, violence prevention advocates warned state officials of the proven link between employees working in extractive industries and increased sexual violence. In one case, Johnson said a pipeline worker had assaulted his partner who had traveled with him to Minnesota from another state. Photograph: Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty ImagesJohnson said VIP had responded to several other domestic assault and sexual assault incidents by pipeline workers. Two of those charged were Line 3 workers from Missouri and Texas employed by the Enbridge subcontractor Precision Pipeline. Johnson is concerned that students are out of school and working hospitality jobs, including at hotels frequented by pipeline workers.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2021 11:00 UTC