The first nationwide oil refinery strike in more than 30 years was poised to expand this weekend in a labor dispute that may start having more of an impact on the price consumers pay for gasoline.
The United Steelworkers union said Saturday that workers at the largest refinery in the U.S., the Motiva Enterprises refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, started their strike at midnight Friday. Employees at two other refineries and a chemical plant in Louisiana planned to strike at the end of Saturday.
The union said in a statement that it expanded a strike that started Feb. 1 at refineries largely in Texas and California because the industry has refused to "meaningfully address" safety issues through good-faith bargaining. The union also wants to discuss staffing levels and seeks limits on the use of contractors to replace union members in doing daily maintenance work.
The union started negotiating a new contract Jan. 21 with Shell Oil Co., which is serving as the lead company in national bargaining talks.
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4 comments:
her goes the Fn gas prices going up ,Thanks a lot FOOLS.
Heard that
I wish someone would stand up and beginning to fire people. those are awesome, high paying jobs that some people in this country would scrape and claw to get. typical in a me me me society.
dogg
Fire them all. Make all states right to wor . The unions will destroy jobs and the fools don't even see it lol
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