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US oil refinery managers forced to camp out in offices as strike enters third week
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/us-oil-refinery-managers-forced-to-camp-out-in-offices-as-strike-enters-third-week/US oil refinery managers forced to camp out in offices as strike enters third week
Reuters
15 Feb 2015 at 16:39 ET
TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) U.S. oil refinery managers are going to the mats, literally, during the biggest fight with union workers in 35 years, bedding down for a third strike week that experts and some employees say raises concerns over safety and operations.
At the 135,000 barrel-per-day refinery just outside of Toledo, Ohio, run by BP Plc and Husky Energy Inc , most of the nearly 300-person staff have been calling the refinery home since Feb. 9. For the last week, they have slept on recently purchased mattresses inside rental trailers to rapidly respond to any problems and avoid striking workers, sources say.
On Tuesday, a van full of washing and drying machines gingerly cut through about a dozen United Steelworkers carrying pickets and walking a strike line at the facilitys front gate.
Those efforts underscore how far operators are willing to go to retain normalcy in the face of the largest national U.S. refinery strike since 1980. And as more replacement workers join the ranks here and the other eight refineries where strikes have occurred, more questions are arising about potential safety and production risks from an extended walkout.
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US oil refinery managers forced to camp out in offices as strike enters third week (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Feb 2015
OP
I still say striking while the price gas is dropping like it is is a bad idea
Arcadiasix
Feb 2015
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Arcadiasix
(255 posts)1. I still say striking while the price gas is dropping like it is is a bad idea
mountain grammy
(26,644 posts)2. The contract was up and Shell was offering crap
what should they do? Do some research before making a statement like that. It shows how uniformed you are.
Arcadiasix
(255 posts)3. I'm from Pasadena TX and have worked in the refineries
I have friends who are on the picket lines. I know of what I speak. Shell thinks they can win this one so they are in it for the long haul.