Oily chess game continues with BP strike
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-contractors-101-st-0222-20150220-column.html
...”BP has begun to train additional replacement workers to supplement the current workforce that has been filling in for striking USW employees. All replacement workers are trained and qualified to the same standards as the striking USW employees they are replacing,” the release stated.
BP spokesman Scott Dean told me Friday, “Ensuring all employees return home safely each and every day is our top priority.”...
“BP USW employees are among the highest paid hourly workers in the region enjoying a total compensation package well in excess of $100,000 per year,” Scott said. “The average BP USW employee earns more than $82,000 a year in base salary. This does not include overtime, bonuses, company retirement contributions or other benefits, which on average adds well in excess of $20,000 to the total annual compensation package for the average BP USW employee.”
Yes, they get paid well but at what cost? Not a cost I’m willing to pay. I’m guessing the replacement workers are learning this, too.
I want to clarify a point in my initial column regarding the company supervisor who claimed she received only “three scoops of rice” once for dinner. It happened only once, early on during the strike, and to only one supervisor as far as I know.....
OK, don't take a job at a refinery.
If you don't like retail don't work at Walmart. If you don't like nursing don't become one and take a job in nursing. If you don't like insurance don't take a job in insurance. If you don't like teaching don't take a job in teaching. If you don't like longshoremen, you might want to reconsider, but at the end of the day, don't take a job there if it doesn't work for you
If oil& gas is at a cost you don't want to pay...don't work at a refinery.