Exxon, USW union meet on Tuesday to discuss Texas refinery lockout By Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: United Steelworkers (USW) union members picket outdoors Exxon Mobil’s oil refinery amid a contract dispute in Beaumont, Texas, U.S., Might 1, 2021. REUTERS/Erwin Seba
By Erwin Seba
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Negotiators for the United Steelworkers union (USW) and Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:) met on Tuesday for the primary time since a vote by Beaumont, Texas, refinery employees to reject an organization contract provide, the union stated in a press release.
Exxon made no new contract provide on Tuesday, based on the assertion issued by USW Native 13-243, which represents about 585 hourly employees locked out of the plant since Might 1.
Exxon didn’t have an instantaneous touch upon the assembly, firm spokesperson Julie King stated.
Bryan Gross, a USW Worldwide consultant, declined to offer particulars of what the union proposed on the assembly. The 2 sides didn’t talk about any plans to satisfy once more, he stated.
“We made the brand new provide to the corporate which we hope they’ll consider and work with us to finish the unfair labor apply lockout and attain a good contract for everybody,” the USW assertion stated.
A majority of the 400 locked-out employees who forged ballots on Oct. 19 voted to reject the contract provide, which might eradicate job seniority for employees on the 369,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery and adjoining lubricant oil mixing and packaging plant.
Exxon has stated it might go away its final provide on the desk till subsequent Monday and if not accepted by then, would take away some provisions. It has stated eliminating job seniority and different proposed adjustments are important to make the corporate aggressive in durations of low margins.
The USW has stated the lack of job seniority would cut back staff’ say over job assignments and presumably take away essentially the most skilled employees from working refinery models.
All 585 individuals represented by USW 13-243 are scheduled to vote between Nov. 12 and Dec. 22 on eradicating the union from the refinery.
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