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This work stoppage isn’t about wages. It is about health and safety and health care benefits. Our members are working onerous overtime and are getting fatigued. When you’re fatigued you tend to make mistakes, and in a refinery or petrochemical plant that can be deadly and lead to catastrophic incidents that impact the community as well as the workers. We want the oil companies to hire more workers because the oil units are running with not enough people on board.

Most of us that deal in union negotiations believe that the main objective of USW is to get more people hired because that means more union membership. More membership means more dues and more money for union leaders.

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Posted by TexasTiger01

Lake Houston

Member since Nov 2013

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Posted on 2/25/15 at 12:38 pm to jrodLSUke

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Most of us that deal in union negotiations believe that the main objective of USW is to get more people hired because that means more union membership. More membership means more dues and more money for union leaders.

This guy gets it^^^

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Our members are working onerous overtime and are getting fatigued

Most of them beg for more overtime....

And if they want more money all they have to do is put the signs down and get their arse back to work....

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Posted by fightin tigers

Downtown Prairieville

Member since Mar 2008

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Posted on 2/25/15 at 1:08 pm to jrodLSUke

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Most of us that deal in union negotiations believe that the main objective of USW is to get more people hired because that means more union membership. More membership means more dues and more money for union leaders.

I agree with this. It goes further than dues, but it is true. The process to remove unions through attrition started decades ago. The union is now finally waking up to this and trying to reverse the course. No way it happens easily though.

Workers have become more about self preservation today and won't put up a fight, even if it spells their doom in 20 years.

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Posted by Tigerstudent08

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Member since Apr 2007

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Posted on 2/25/15 at 1:14 pm to jrodLSUke

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We want the oil companies to hire more workers because the oil units are running with not enough people on board.

Something tells me the unions will only be satisfied if they hire more union employees. If I am the plant owner I would announce I will hire 5% more employees this week but none will be Union employees and see what their response will be.