Strikes the Latest Threat Facing US Oil Industry - TIME - This article originally appeared on Oilprice.com
Strikes the Latest Threat Facing US Oil Industry by Jennifer So Tuesday February 3 rd , 2015 at 1:52 PM TIME 1 Share Workers are on strike at nine oil refineries and chemical plants around the United States in the largest such job action in 35 years. Members of the United Steelworkers union (USW) who are employed by more than 200 US oil terminals and pipelines as well as refineries and chemical plants struck the nine facilities on Feb. 1 after negotiations with several oil companies failed to end in an agreement on wages, safety and benefits. The contract covers 30,000 hourly workers. The negotiations had begun Jan. 21 with a settlement deadline at midnight, Jan. 31. The USW had rejected five offers by the companies lead negotiator, Royal Dutch Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant representing several large oil companies operating in the United States, including Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. Read more : Chevron Responds To Eight Week