Sunday, January 29, 2012

Union says refinery workers strike more likely

By Erwin Seba

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The United Steelworkers union warned on Saturday that a strike by U.S. refinery workers as early as 12 a.m. Wednesday was becoming more likely due to "the lack of a more substantive response from the industry."

Union and oil company negotiators have been meeting since January 17 to hammer out a new three-year agreement for workers at nearly two-thirds of U.S. refining capacity.
Union negotiators have not sent out a similar warning to refinery workers in the past three rounds of contract talks with the industry.

Read more: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/union-says-refinery-workers-strike-011926806.html

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