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Posted on 1/31/15 at 7:41 pm to mattz1122
I just have a hard time feeling sorry for oil and gas. When they were making record profit off of insane prices they didnt feel sorry for me
Posted on 1/31/15 at 7:41 pm to mattz1122
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Low oil prices are not good for Louisiana
Low prices are good for me and a lot of other Louisiana people not involved with or affected by O&G.
Sasol will still happen. They are still heavily working on one part right now actually. They are supposed to only be delaying the other part until a new feasibility study is completed or something.
This post was edited on 1/31/15 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 1/31/15 at 7:43 pm to Teauxler
Collective bargaining in general is a function of the free markets.
I get tired of hearing from politicians and corporate shills that they are having a hard time finding workers. If you pay more they will come. fact.
Of course when they strike then all of a sudden those same people claim the workers are easy to come by and easily replaceable. Cognitive dissonance.
Bad timing though with the oil prices.
I get tired of hearing from politicians and corporate shills that they are having a hard time finding workers. If you pay more they will come. fact.
Of course when they strike then all of a sudden those same people claim the workers are easy to come by and easily replaceable. Cognitive dissonance.
Bad timing though with the oil prices.
Posted on 1/31/15 at 7:43 pm to fightingtiger2335
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I just have a hard time feeling sorry for oil and gas. When they were making record profit off of insane prices they didnt feel sorry for me
I believe their biggest response to our complaining about high gas was "Free market works. Supply and demand. Yada, yada, yada."
Now they cry when we celebrate low prices and give them the same argument.
Posted on 1/31/15 at 7:44 pm to stout
Anyone think this is a play to push oil prices back up ? No labor force causes the cost of refining oil to go up.
Posted on 1/31/15 at 7:45 pm to stout
Which part? Just curious.
Posted on 1/31/15 at 7:46 pm to Teauxler
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Anyone think this is a play to push oil prices back up ? No labor force causes the cost of refining oil to go up.
And then it goes back down when the labor force comes back.
So...
Posted on 1/31/15 at 7:48 pm to mattz1122
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Which part? Just curious.
From what I understand the original expansion to the plant already here. Just the LNG part was put on hold.
I could have that backwards but I passed by it yesterday and they are still upgrading the new power lines going into it and there were about 30 dump trucks hauling dirt so there is work happening.
Posted on 1/31/15 at 8:11 pm to Teauxler
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Strike notice just issued to Exxon in Beaumont
So, some temporary openings at Exxon in Beaumont. Cool.
Posted on 1/31/15 at 8:15 pm to Teauxler
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Posted by Teauxler 6% Annual raise $7500 signing bonus 90/10 insurance Triple time
Are they serious with this shite?
Posted on 1/31/15 at 8:19 pm to LSUsuperfresh
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We gonna get paid if that happens.
You can live on $15 a day? Jury service will pay you more.
Posted on 1/31/15 at 8:23 pm to Teauxler
Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike
He's down on his luck...it's tough, so tough
Union's been on strike
He's down on his luck...it's tough, so tough
Posted on 1/31/15 at 8:26 pm to NorthEndZone
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Union negotiators rejected the latest offer from oil companies covering workers at 63 U.S. refineries on Saturday night, just hours before a strike deadline, according to a message sent to union members.
The United Steelworkers union (USW) said in the text message sent to members that the latest offer was "insulting and fails to address issues that matter to members."
This is the fourth contract proposal rejected by the USW since negotiations for a new three-year agreement began on Jan. 21. It comes just hours before the contract is set to expire at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday.
The Steelworkers issued strike notices on Friday night to several U.S. refineries where contracts expire on Sunday. While the current national agreement expires on Sunday, each refinery has an individual contract based on the national agreement.
A strike notice is legal notification of a possible strike by a labor union at that location. It does not mean that a strike will take place at that location.
"All of the locals that have contracts expiring on Feb. 1 were instructed to issue strike notices to the companies," one of the sources said.
The sources did not know which refineries received the notices, but only those plants where the local contract expires at 12:01 a.m. local time on Sunday in the time zone where each refinery is located.
Exxon Mobil Corp said its refinery in Beaumont, Texas, received a strike notice.
USW International Vice President Gary Beevers, who is negotiating on behalf of the union, will decide at which refineries strikes will take place after the contract expires.
Negotiators for the USW and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, which is leading the talks on behalf of U.S. refinery owners, were meeting on Saturday to try and reach an agreement before the current national agreement expires.
At least three contract offers have been rejected by USW negotiators since contract talks began on Jan. 21. The most recent rejection was on Friday.
The USW is seeking annual pay raises double those of the last agreement. It also wants work that has been given in the past to non-union contractors to start going to USW members, a tighter policy to prevent workplace fatigue, and reductions in members' out-of-pocket payments for healthcare.
The three-year national contract covers about 30,000 hourly workers at 63 U.S. refineries that account for 64 percent of national refining capacity.
The United Steelworkers union (USW) said in the text message sent to members that the latest offer was "insulting and fails to address issues that matter to members."
This is the fourth contract proposal rejected by the USW since negotiations for a new three-year agreement began on Jan. 21. It comes just hours before the contract is set to expire at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday.
The Steelworkers issued strike notices on Friday night to several U.S. refineries where contracts expire on Sunday. While the current national agreement expires on Sunday, each refinery has an individual contract based on the national agreement.
A strike notice is legal notification of a possible strike by a labor union at that location. It does not mean that a strike will take place at that location.
"All of the locals that have contracts expiring on Feb. 1 were instructed to issue strike notices to the companies," one of the sources said.
The sources did not know which refineries received the notices, but only those plants where the local contract expires at 12:01 a.m. local time on Sunday in the time zone where each refinery is located.
Exxon Mobil Corp said its refinery in Beaumont, Texas, received a strike notice.
USW International Vice President Gary Beevers, who is negotiating on behalf of the union, will decide at which refineries strikes will take place after the contract expires.
Negotiators for the USW and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, which is leading the talks on behalf of U.S. refinery owners, were meeting on Saturday to try and reach an agreement before the current national agreement expires.
At least three contract offers have been rejected by USW negotiators since contract talks began on Jan. 21. The most recent rejection was on Friday.
The USW is seeking annual pay raises double those of the last agreement. It also wants work that has been given in the past to non-union contractors to start going to USW members, a tighter policy to prevent workplace fatigue, and reductions in members' out-of-pocket payments for healthcare.
The three-year national contract covers about 30,000 hourly workers at 63 U.S. refineries that account for 64 percent of national refining capacity.
Posted on 1/31/15 at 8:27 pm to shiftworker
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90/10 insurance
give them obamacare since they love him so much
Posted on 1/31/15 at 8:29 pm to Teauxler
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6% Annual raise
$7500 signing bonus
90/10 insurance
Triple time
Gotta keep funding those jacked up Ford F-350's
Posted on 1/31/15 at 8:30 pm to Teauxler
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. It also wants work that has been given in the past to non-union contractors to start going to USW members,
Just because of this, frick all of them.
Nobody should be denied the right to work.
Posted on 1/31/15 at 8:33 pm to Teauxler
I call on the plants and refineries. What are you talking about
Posted on 1/31/15 at 8:35 pm to Teauxler
0 respect for unions and even less respect for union members, but just my opinion. I am sure they have 0 respect for me.
Posted on 1/31/15 at 8:37 pm to stout
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From what I understand the original expansion to the plant already here. Just the LNG part was put on hold.
Sasol has nothing to do with LNG the way you're thinking. They are taking Natural gas and mostly converting it to Diesel.
This post was edited on 1/31/15 at 8:39 pm
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