- February 03, 2012 Confused About National Oil Bargaining Process? Maybe This Will Help There seems to be a lot of confusion over how the National Oil Bargaining process works. What occurs at the National level of negotiations between the International Union and the lead Company (in this case Shell Oil) is the negotiations of the National Oil Policy which was adopted by the National Oil Conference in September of last year 2011.
- February 01, 2012 USW Reaches Tentative Three-Year Agreement With Oil Industry The United Steelworkers (USW) is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with Shell on a new three-year agreement, pending ratification by the union’s membership.
- January 31, 2012 Steelworkers Set To Take Action As Contract Expiration Nears USW members from local petrochemical refineries are taking to the street to rally for a new contract and raise public awareness of process safety issues. The event at North Temple and Redwood Road is scheduled from 6 PM to 8 PM tonight.
- January 31, 2012 Action Alert for USW Members in the Northeast Sunoco and ConocoPhillips have arbitrarily decided to shut down three strategic oil refineries on the East Coast, all three in or near Philadelphia, Pa. All three of these refineries are USW workplaces, and if the companies follow through on their threat, 1,300 of our members will lose their jobs.
- January 29, 2012 National Oil Bargaining Update Click here for Sunday's bargaining update from the National Oil Bargaining Policy Committee.
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- January 31, 2012 USW Reaches Tentative Three-Year Agreement With Oil Industry The United Steelworkers (USW) is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with Shell on a new three-year agreement, pending ratification by the union’s membership.
- 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.
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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.
- January 21, 2009 How to Get the Oil Worker Newsletter Click here to find out how to get the Oil Worker Newsletter or submit ideas for articles.
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