- January 27, 2012 Oil Bargaining Update: Health and Safety Issues Remain a Top Priority
- January 27, 2012 OIL BARGAINING UPDATE International VP Gary Beevers and Jim Lefton continued bargaining today with Shell. They continue to discuss health and safety issues. Bargaining will continue Friday. We remain optimistic that a mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached.
- January 26, 2012 Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. letter to Sunoco Chairman and CEO Lynn Elsenhans, ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO James Mulva Pennsylvania Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. sent a letter Jan. 25 to Sunoco Chairman and CEO Lynn Elsenhans and ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO James Mulva.
- January 26, 2012 January 21 - National Day of Action Photos Oil locals across the country participated in the Jan. 21 National Day of Action by handbilling in front of or at gas stations.
- January 26, 2012 BARGAINING UPDATE Your bargaining team continues to meet and bargain the issues that are important to our members.
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- January 20, 2012 USW Refinery Workers Hold National Day of Action for Safety Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) union who work at oil refineries around the country are planning a National Day of Action for Safe Refineries and Good Jobs on January 21. Members in refinery communities around the country plan to visit gas stations and distribute handbills to drivers on the importance of refinery safety ...
- January 19, 2012 Oil Workers to Rally at Chevron Headquarters Members and supporters of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5 plan to rally at Chevron Corporation’s global headquarters in San Ramon, California at noon on Friday, January 20. USW Local 5 will be demanding that Chevron and the other oil companies address serious health and safety proposals ...
- January 10, 2012 USW Local 10-234 Fights Demolition of ConocoPhillips Trainer, Pa., Refinery United Steelworkers Local 10-234 President Denis Stephano announced today that the plant manager at the ConocoPhillips refinery in Trainer, Pa., told union officials on Jan. 5 that if a serious buyer is not identified or the refinery is not sold by March 31, the facility will be demolished.
- January 05, 2012 USW Details Negative Impact of Philadelphia Refinery Shutdowns Three United Steelworkers (USW) local union oil refinery leaders spoke here today about the negative effects on employment and Northeast oil product supplies and prices if the three Philadelphia area refineries slated for closure are allowed to stop production permanently.
- December 23, 2011 USW Says Government Analysis Confirms Shutdown of Philadelphia-area Refineries Could Negatively Impact Oil Products for Northeast Region The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report today that confirms what the USW has been saying about the impact of shutting down the ConocoPhillips and Sunoco Philadelphia-area refineries: supplies of oil products could be negatively impacted with accompanying price volatility and spikes.
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- January 11, 2012 National Day of Action Jan. 21 for Safe Refineries and Good Jobs This month, more than 30,000 oil workers from across the country are bargaining new labor contracts with the big oil companies. The biggest issue on the bargaining table is one that impacts us all—safety.
- January 10, 2012 Building Support in our Communities - 2012 National Oil Bargaining To strengthen our position and help ensure victory as we fight for fair contracts, we need to involve our communities. Sometimes, our employers are simply too big to fight alone: and they donʼt get much bigger than Big Oil. In cases like that - if the company wants to slash wages or benefits - we must find allies to join our campaign and support our side of the cause.
- January 24, 2012 Mobilization Handbills for National Oil Bargaining Check out the mobilization handbills we have been distributing to the membership. The first one focuses on getting ready for bargaining. The second one talks about standing up and fighting back; the oil bargaining process is also described.
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