That's why they unionized...You noticed that Shell leaders were doing the negotiations for the entire industry...That means the gas producers have unionized...
Is there competition amongst the producers??? Of course not..They're a union...
The increases the employees union wants would likely result in less tha a penny per gallon increase in the cost of gas...
With countless billions in PROFIT, it ought to be clear to anyone that the workforce is not the cause of high gas prices...
Look at the retailers...They raised the price 25 cents a gallon 'just in case' there's a strike...25 cents pure profit with no justification...Talk about robbery...
Why is it that only the people in the industry remember the years when companies went out of business right and left, when layoffs in the Oil and Gas industry were enormous, when not one rig was drilling in whole regions?
Oh, that never makes the news, but make money in years when things are good, to pay for the next massive investment to keep things going and you are eeeeeevil, and "Big" and all those other Socialist miseries which the free market can foist on the poor proletariat.
They raised the price 25 cents a gallon 'just in case' there's a strike...25 cents pure profit with no justification...
If the price goes up, they have to pay for the next load of fuel with the fuel they have to sell today. Think about it.