2015 United Steel Workers Oil Refinery strike

Labor dispute in the United States needs in-depth review January 2023 January 2018 January 2018On February 1, 2015, United Steelworkers (USW) announced that "more than 5,200 USW oil workers at 11 refineries in California, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas and Washington are on strike against the industry’s unfair labor practices".http://www.usw.org/union/mission/industries/oil/bargaining/welcome-to-the-oil-strike-newsletter Welcome to The Oil Strike Newsletter United Steel Workers January 19, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180120070016/https://www.usw.org/union/mission/industries/oil/bargaining/welcome-to-the-oil-strike-newsletter January 20, 2018 dead mdy-allhttps://www.usw.org/news/media-center/releases/2015/national-oil-bargaining-talks-break-down-usw-calls-for-work-stoppage-at-nine-oil-refineries-plants National Oil Bargaining Talks Break Down: USW Calls for Work Stoppage at Nine Oil Refineries, Plants United Steel Workers February 2015 January 19, 2018 The list of charges alleged by NSW filed with the NLRB included: bad-faith bargaining over the companies’ refusal to negotiate over mandatory subjects, impeded bargaining for the companies’ undue delays in providing information, threatening workers if they join the ULP strike and others. As of March 3, 2015, about 6,550 workers were on strike at 15 plants, including 12 refineries with a fifth of U.S. capacity.https://www.reuters.com/article/refineries-labor-strike/tensions-flare-as-picket-lines-crossed-in-u-s-refinery-strike-idUSL1N0W12OL20150303 Tensions flare as picket lines crossed in U.S. refinery strike Seba, Erwin March 3, 2015 January 19, 2018 Reuters It was the first time since 1982 that U.S. oil workers have walked off their jobs to protest working conditions.https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Union-takes-down-Motiva-pickets-return-to-work-6142309.php Motiva workers to return to work Monday July 27, 2023 October 7, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181007114801/https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Union-takes-down-Motiva-pickets-return-to-work-6142309.php Beaumont Enterprise Libardi, Manuella March 18, 2015 live The National Oil Bargaining talks began in 1965 and are part of the U.S. oil industry's Pattern bargaining process.http://www.usw12-591.org/pdfs/nobhistory.pdf National Oil Bargaining: 1965-2005 March 4, 2015 February 21, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150221174203/http://www.usw12-591.org/pdfs/nobhistory.pdf United Steel Workers dead Refineries (and plants) The USW announced a strike on February 1, 2015, at the following refineries:http://www.shrm.org/hrdisciplines/laborrelations/articles/pages/usw-refineries-strike.aspx Smith, Allen February 6, 2015 Steelworkers Strike at Oil Refineries, Slow Down at Ports Society for Human Resource Management https://archive.today/20150209143855/http://www.shrm.org/hrdisciplines/laborrelations/articles/pages/usw-refineries-strike.aspx 9 February 2015 dead Houston Refinery (Lyondell), Houston, Texas Galveston Bay Refinery (Marathon Petroleum Company), Texas City, Texas Texas City Refinery (Marathon Petroleum Company), Texas City, Texas Catlettsburg Refinery (Marathon Petroleum Company), Catlettsburg, Kentucky Shell Deer Park Chemical Plant (Shell Oil Company), Deer Park, Texas. Deer Park Refinery (Shell Oil Company), Deer Park, Texas Tesoro Anacortes Refinery (Tesoro), Anacortes, Washington Carson Refinery (Tesoro), Carson, California Golden Eagle Refinery (Tesoro), Martinez, California The strike was expanded on February 6, 2015, when workers at BP Plc-operated refineries in Indiana and Ohio were told to begin a work stoppage the following day:Seba, Erwin https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/21/us-refinery-strike-wide_n_6727736.html Oil Refinery Strike Widens To Largest U.S. Plant Reuters February 21, 2015 January 19, 2018 Huff Post Whiting Refinery (BP), Whiting, Indiana Toledo Refinery (BP/Husky Oil), Toledo, Ohio In a text message (Saturday morning; date TBD), the USW announced plans to expand the strike to Motiva facilities at Convent, La., and Norco, Louisiana, and to the Shell Chemical Plant at Norco. Convent Refinery (Motiva Enterprises), Convent, Louisiana Norco Refinery (Motiva Enterprises), Norco, Louisiana Shell Chemical Plant (Motiva Enterprises), Norco, Louisiana The U.S. refinery strike widened on February 20, 2015, with workers at the nation's largest refinery walking off jobs. Shortly after talks between union and oil company representatives ended on the night of the 20th, the union notified Motiva Enterprises of a strike by its members at the company's 600,250-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Port Arthur Refinery (Motiva Enterprises), Port Arthur, Texas Replacement and returning workers Shell alleged (according to a letter to employees from Aamir Farid, VP Manufacturing, Americas) that it has been training “relief employees” to operate its Deer Park refinery as well as its Norco chemical plant in Louisiana.http://fuelfix.com/blog/2015/03/03/669731/ 'Disappointed' in union, Shell says it is hiring relief workers FuelFix Sixel, LM March 3, 2015 January 19, 2018 January 20, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180120000658/http://fuelfix.com/blog/2015/03/03/669731/ dead By March 3, 2015, up to 180 employees, out of 800, at Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Deer Park, Texas, refinery decided to return to work. References 30em United Steel Workers Oil Refinery Strike Category:2015 labor disputes and strikes Category:Manufacturing industry labor disputes in the United States Category:History of the petroleum industry in the United States