Just got this from the USW: From Dave Martin of USW Local 8-719 at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Catlettsburg, Kentucky: “Contract passed. We will start the process of returning to work Monday and take the operations over on Saturday, 4/11/15.”
Locations left in the unfair labor practice strike:
BP Whiting, Indiana; BP Toledo, Ohio; Marathon Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City; Marathon Green Power Co-generation Plant; LyondellBasell refinery in Houston
Locations Back-to-Work:
Motiva refinery in Port Arthur, Texas; Motiva refinery in Norco, Louisiana; Motiva refinery in Convent, Louisiana; Shell chemical plant in Norco, Louisiana; Shell Deer Park refinery in Deer Park, Texas; Shell Deer Park chemical plant in Deer Park, Texas; Tesoro Anacortes refinery in Anacortes, Washington; Tesoro Martinez (Golden Eagle) refinery in Martinez, California (near San Francisco); Tesoro Carson refinery in Carson, California (near Los Angeles); Marathon Catlettsburg, Kentucky, refinery
Solidarity with those USW members still on strike.
Send messages of support to those on strike to lhancock@usw.org