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Last Friday, the day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, the United Steelworkers union (USW) suddenly announced it had reached a tentative agreement for a new labor agreement to prevent a strike by 30,000 oil refinery and petrochemical workers. ....
“We don’t want any more contract extensions. We want to show what power we have as workers by stopping the operations of Marathon, Chevron, Shell, BP and ExxonMobil until we win our just demands.” ....
ExxonMobil’s latest ultimatum, which the United Steelworkers will bring to a vote on Monday, would set the precedent for the wholesale destruction of the jobs, wages, benefits and working conditions of workers throughout the entire oil industry. ....
A worker at Marathon’s Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, recounted the exhausting and dangerous work schedules and other problems confronting 30,000 oil refinery and petrochemical workers around the country. ....
Workers are incensed that the United Steelworkers (USW) union has refused to call a strike and is forcing them to remain on the job and help Marathon restore production at the Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas. ....