- May 18, 2013 | BY ALISON SIDER FTC Clears Tesoro Purchase of BP Refinery . The California Attorney General's office said Friday that Tesoro agreed to conditions aimed at keeping employment and gasoline-production levels steady after it takes over the refinery. Under the agreement, Tesoro agreed not to lay off any workers at either Los Angeles area refinery for two years.
- May 17, 2013 | BY Lynne Hancock Weekly List of Refinery Events The USW is providing a weekly list of process safety upsets and refinery events to inform our members and the public of how frequent these incidents happen at U.S. oil refineries. The information listed is from the Department of Energy website and only includes incidents that have been reported to the government and the media.
- May 16, 2013 USW Members Ratify Contracts at ExxonMobil Baytown Complex United Steelworkers (USW) local 13-2001 members tonight ratified three separate agreements with ExxonMobil Baytown for the operations, maintenance and laboratory groups.
- May 10, 2013 USW Commends Hawaii Legislative Resolution to Expand Refinery Task Force Mandate and Include USW United Steelworkers (USW) commends the Hawaii State Legislature for passing Resolution HCR99/SD1 that urges Governor Neil Abercrombie to add a USW Local 12-591 member to the Hawaii Refinery Task Force and to broaden the issues the task force will review.
- April 29, 2013 ExxonMobil Refuses to Agree to Health and Safety Language during Talks for New Contract at Baytown Complex A possible lockout or strike could occur June 15 at ExxonMobil’s Baytown, Texas, refinery, chemical plant and laboratory if company management continues to reject contract language that would improve health and safety at the largest petroleum and petrochemical complex in the U.S.
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- September 14, 2012 USW Members, Supporters Protest at Husky Energy Headquarters in Calgary; Demand a Fair Contract at Lima, Ohio Refinery After a week of leafleting across Canada at Husky gas stations, a company office, a Husky refinery and the Lloydminster Heavy Oil Trade Show, United Steelworkers (USW) members and their supporters protested this morning at Husky Energy headquarters here to demand the company bargain fairly for a contract at its Lima, Ohio, refinery.
- April 27, 2012 ExxonMobil Stalls in Accepting Industry Pattern Agreement During Contract Talks at Baton Rouge, La., Facility Despite accepting the United Steelworkers (USW) National Oil Bargaining Program (NOBP) pattern agreement at its other facilities, ExxonMobil is refusing to do so at its refinery/chemical complex in Baton Rouge, La.
- April 26, 2012 Capitol Hill Hearing to Explore Impact of Northeast Refinery Closures on Price of Fuel Products The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) is holding a hearing this Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 2:15 p.m. (EDT) in room G-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to address the impact of the Philadelphia-area refinery closures on fuel prices.
- April 03, 2012 Shutdown of Philadelphia-Area Refineries Threatens Country's National, Economic Security USW Local 10-234 President Denis Stephano submitted testimony March 30 to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence about the threat to the country’s national and economic security posed by the permanent shutdown of the ConocoPhillips Trainer, Pa., Sunoco Marcus Hook, Pa., and Sunoco Philadelphia refineries.
- February 10, 2012 USW Members to Rally Feb. 14 at Tesoro Anacortes Refinery United Steelworkers Union (USW) members at Tesoro’s Anacortes, Wash., facility are rallying at the refinery gate on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 11:30 AM to send Tesoro Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Goff a message that the company needs to bargain fairly.
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- February 21, 2013 Hazard Alert--Workplace Chemical Exposures and Increased Breast Cancer Risk A new health study correlates workplace chemical exposures to increased breast cancer risk. Women who work in oil refining and other industries could be at risk.
- January 24, 2013 Hazard Alert--Failure to Conduct Management of Change (MOC) Leads to Fatality
- 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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