Two more units were called out to strike @ midnight this morning. Action spread to BP plants in Whiting, IN (1,100 members of USW Local 7-1) and Toledo, OH (340 members of Local 346-3). Talks are suspended for the weekend. The Texas City, Texas plant on strike is the site of a BP refinery explosion in 2005 that killed 15 workers (the refinery was later sold to Marathon).
BP gas station 165th & Calumet, Hammond, IN Systems Down...NO GAS! Midwest #USW #UNIONSTRONG
Not about $ money but instead about Safety, Steve Garey, president of USW local 12-591 (Mount Vernon, WA) had a 30 minute interview Feb. 6th (go to 09:00 to 39:03) on USW workers, decision to strike, how industry undermines worker safety and puts local communities at risk. (More: USW local 12-591, Mount Vernon, WA website includes a referral to this Feb. 6th article. Another point of view is expressed by the same authors on Feb. 7th in this article.)
A few days go I wrote a diary available here urging Kossaks to Support United Steelworkers union (USW) work stoppage at US refineries. Yesterday I put up a 2nd Call to Support USW action 2015 NOB (National Oil Bargaining) Strike.
The owners/mangers are using untrained strikebreakers to keep the plants running while reports of leaks, etc. have been made so that emergency response workers and state inspectors/regulators are concerned.
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Expect more news on the developing situation ........ Thank You (in advance) for all your thoughtful comments and for your good-hearted work to Support United Steelworkers union (USW) in its unfair labor practice (ULP) strike.
As Woodie Guthrie told us - All You Fascists are Bound to Lose
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