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Oil workers on strike in Houston and across US
Posted on 2/2/15 at 4:18 am
Posted on 2/2/15 at 4:18 am
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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Oil workers from coast to coast are on strike. They started to walk off the job around midnight when their union failed to reach a deal with the energy industry. It's not clear how many workers are on strike.
The contract in dispute covers about 30,000 workers at refineries, pipelines, oil terminals, and petrochemical plants across the country, including about 5,000 workers here in Houston. A representative for the United Steelworkers Association, which is the union for the workers, say there are work stoppage at these facilities in the Houston area: LyondellBasell in Houston, TX; Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, TX; Marathon Houston Green Cogeneration facility, Texas City, TX; Shell Deer Park Refinery, Deer Park, TX; and Shell Deer Park Chemical Plant, Deer Park, TX.
At the LyondellBasell plant in southeast Houston, workers started to protest around 6am. Last night, more than a dozen workers walked off the job shortly after midnight.
"It's about health, safety. It's about issues that confront our workers every day," said Director of the United Steelworkers, Ruben Garza.
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Posted on 2/2/15 at 4:21 am to Street Hawk
Posted on 2/2/15 at 5:20 am to KBeezy
Walking off a job. Union or not their asses should be fired.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 5:27 am to Lee Chatelain
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Walking off a job. Union or not their asses should be fired.
Yep. Unions are so 1920's and are only a financial drain on their workers.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 5:30 am to kywildcatfanone
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Walking off a job. Union or not their asses should be fired.
Yep. Unions are so 1920's and are only a financial drain on their workers.
Really, what about the NFL, Exxon, BASF?
To the OP, German workers?
This post was edited on 2/2/15 at 5:32 am
Posted on 2/2/15 at 5:53 am to Street Hawk
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It's about health, safety
or maybe just money?
Posted on 2/2/15 at 5:57 am to HurricaneDunc
Money
That's all this is about.
That's all this is about.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 6:38 am to Street Hawk
Spoiled overpaid oil workers finally being paid correctly and they go on strike
Posted on 2/2/15 at 6:44 am to Lee Chatelain
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king off a job. Union or not their asses should be fired.
I am in total agreement
Posted on 2/2/15 at 6:51 am to Upperdecker
Negative
Posted on 2/2/15 at 6:56 am to Upperdecker
They are not oilfield workers. They are US Steel workers assigned to refineries.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 6:57 am to Street Hawk
It's a shame that trash can walk off the job and not be terminated instantly due to archaic labor laws.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 7:27 am to Janky
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They are not oilfield workers. They are US Steel workers assigned to refineries.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 7:29 am to Upperdecker
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Spoiled overpaid oil workers finally being paid correctly and they go on strike
If anything they are underpaid considering the amount of money the OnG industry was making up until recently.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 7:33 am to brass2mouth
The parking lot at Chalmette Refining is empty.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 7:35 am to tLSU
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It's a shame that trash can walk off the job and not be terminated instantly due to archaic labor laws.
Just curious
But what automatically makes them trash?
Posted on 2/2/15 at 7:38 am to brass2mouth
oil was being artificially held at well over market price. Now it's down to a level much closer to market price. They better adjust to reality. And I don't care that they're "US Steel workers contracted to oil companies" or whatever BS some of y'all are arguing for. These are spoiled workers who should be fired for what they're doing. I hope scabs come take their jobs permanently
Posted on 2/2/15 at 7:43 am to Upperdecker
It's not really the workers in most cases
They are doing what the Union figureheads are telling them too
I would bet 90% of them would rather be going to work today
I don't really support unions because I think they aren't necessary anymore but usually the members at the bottom aren't the ones to blame
They are doing what the Union figureheads are telling them too
I would bet 90% of them would rather be going to work today
I don't really support unions because I think they aren't necessary anymore but usually the members at the bottom aren't the ones to blame
Posted on 2/2/15 at 7:43 am to brass2mouth
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If anything they are underpaid considering the amount of money the OnG industry was making up until recently.
What are they, part of a partnership? That's irrelevant.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 7:45 am to Croacka
If you agree that you should be able to cease work, hurting your company and thr industry,though be guaranteed your job when you decide to return to work, you are worthless trash.
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