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National Bargaining: Greedy Oil Industry Forces Work Stoppage
United Steelworkers ^
| Feb 18, 2015
| United Steelworkers
Posted on 02/18/2015 5:44:56 PM PST by mdittmar
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Darn Greedy Oil Industry
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posted on
02/18/2015 5:44:56 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
To: mdittmar
Abolish unions! Crush Big Labor thugs! Exterminate the unconstitutional minimum wage! Let freedom ring! Take America back to the Founder's principles!
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posted on
02/18/2015 5:53:12 PM PST
by
re_nortex
(DP - that's what I like about Texas)
To: mdittmar
Time for some union busting.
To: mdittmar
The Unions have picked a very inopportune time to negotiate new contracts. The Oil Industry would like nothing more than to lay all these people off until the price of oil goes back up to $100 a barrel.
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posted on
02/18/2015 5:54:24 PM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
To: mdittmar
And the other side of this story is?
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posted on
02/18/2015 5:55:35 PM PST
by
TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: mdittmar
Blah, blah, blah, blah........
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posted on
02/18/2015 5:57:20 PM PST
by
originalbuckeye
(Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
To: mdittmar
Is it me, or does it seem that between the Longshoremen and the refinery workers, the Unions seem to have gotten their marching orders to help bury the Republic ASAP???
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posted on
02/18/2015 6:10:19 PM PST
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: mdittmar
Wonder if there is any linkage to the recent oil refinery explosion, and the train derailment...
Nah, those union thugs wouldn't do anything like that, would they? /sarcasm.
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posted on
02/18/2015 6:14:23 PM PST
by
sarasmom
(Je suis Charlie!)
To: mdittmar
This will not help the storage space shortage isssue a-tall.
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posted on
02/18/2015 6:14:43 PM PST
by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: sarasmom
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posted on
02/18/2015 6:17:20 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
Greedy? Arrogant? I guess when the facts are against you, you resort to personal attacks.
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posted on
02/18/2015 6:27:03 PM PST
by
Former Proud Canadian
(Save Western Civilization. Embrace the new Crusades.)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
02/18/2015 6:37:26 PM PST
by
TYVets
To: TruthWillWin
the other side of the story ...rotating shifts 12 hour or 8 hours. Working around very high pressure lines tanks full of poisonous liquid and gases and every once in a while getting that said liquid and oil by products all over you fixing a live line leak. Working on a drilling rig and production hoist...those are some of the great things I used to do working for this union. 35 years of this... getting dirty and never getting enough sleep .....was able to retire
To: curdogmen
To: P-Marlowe
Why would oil companies want to lay off refinery workers due to low oil prices?
Do you imagine people will use less fuel because it is cheaper?
Oil is a cost to a refinery. They buy it as feedstock to make fuels. Having the feedstock price drop is a bonus to a refinery. Like cheaper meats and vegetables for a restaurant.
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posted on
02/18/2015 7:05:08 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: sarasmom
That refinery was not on strike. The unit that exploded was down for maintenance.
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posted on
02/18/2015 7:06:24 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: TruthWillWin
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posted on
02/18/2015 7:08:10 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: mdittmar
Big Labor pretty much always sucks.
To: mdittmar
How do you raise the price of gas when crude is cheep?
Make it scarce. How do you make it scarce? Shut down
production. How do you shut down production? Tell the
unions to go spoon a goose.
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posted on
02/18/2015 9:14:59 PM PST
by
Slambat
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