http://chicago.suntimes.com/business/7/71/353484/steelworkers-refinery-strike-bp-whiting
Union spokeswoman Lynne Hancock said the workers are seeking better health care benefits and limits on the use of contractors to replace union members in maintenance jobs. She said wages are not an issue.
Refineries are far more automated than they were during the last nationwide strike 35 years ago. Management draws up plans to use nonunion workers and contractors to keep running. That could blunt the impact of the steelworkers’ walkout and prevent a shock to gasoline prices.
“Generally production is not impacted by these work stoppages, but prices can go up because of the perception” of an interruption, said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service. “We’re seeing that on the West Coast.”
Three of the targeted refineries are in California and Washington, and one — a Tesoro Corp. plant in Martinez, California, that was already operating at a reduced level for maintenance work — has been idled.
So who in the democrat party and Obola’s administration is prodding the steelworker’s UNION to hurt the oil companies and Texas. And ND. And the rest of the nation?
Oh. By the way. The Obola’s administration’s UNIONS are also striking the ports in CA for more money. (Can’t get by on 1,200.00 dollars ya know.)
Just a coincidence, of course.