Safety issues? Is there no OSHA?
Back in 2010 I worked on a fiber-optics installation at a refinery in Beaumont, TX. We had to go through a formal safety school to become safety certified before setting foot on the job site.
The safety precautions would do an ammo dump proud!
Greenies, commies and other watermelons hate it that gas is once again affordable, boosting the economy and helping the bottom half of the economic spectrum.
Obama & Co. need another crisis.
Refineries and Chemical plants are amazingly more safe (and CLEANER) than when I first started working in them in the late 70s. Statistically, you are safer at work in a refinery than you are at home. MUCH safer.
The real sticking point is the International wants ALL refinery workers, building trades and even non-union under their union. It is a numbers and power game that is going on.
This is not making the IBEW, Pipefitter, Boilermekers and Carpenters happy...