The oligarchs have had enough of this shrinking the cost of gasoline and fuel oil so they have employed their goon-squad unions to do what is needed to make the commodity scarce again, thus driving back up the price their serfs pay for the dole of energy.
I guess gasoline will be going up again. The fun is over ...
I’d take any of those jobs in a heart beat. Oil and gas pas close to the top for blue collar work. Second to longshoremen.
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.....
Problem solved.
“In a letter Shell has sent to striking employees at its Deer Park, Texas, refinery and chemical plant, a copy of which was seen by Reuters, the company said the key sticking point was non-union contractors who perform daily maintenance, which the USW would like to see replaced with union workers....”
Waah... Waah... Waah... we don’t want anyone else coming in here making “our” money (which averages six figures). Furthermore, we should have full control over every aspect of (insert any company’s name here) workforce. So when they do (or don’t do) something we disapprove (or approve) of, we can bring them to their knees as well as hold innocent people or other companies that rely on (insert product here) hostage. By God, we don’t give a crap if our actions drives the price of (insert product here) up and creates a shortage or a perception thereof as well as disrupt what little economy is left. Oh.... and we love America!!!
Ungrateful anti-American bass-turds should be thankful they are employed full time particularly while many of their “fellow” Americans are picking Shiit’e with the chickens.
I have never belonged to a union but I have seen and read about the damage they have inflicted upon various areas of the country therefore I despise unions as they are only out for themselves regardless of the consequences to others.
Fire every one of them, it will be cheaper in the long run.