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On February 1, 2015, United Steelworkers (USW) announced that "more than 5,200 USW oil workers at 11 refineries in California, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas and Washington are on strike against the industry’s unfair labor practices".[1][2] The list of charges alleged by NSW filed with the NLRB included: bad-faith bargaining over the companies’ refusal to negotiate over mandatory subjects, impeded bargaining for the companies’ undue delays in providing information, threatening workers if they join the ULP strike and others. As of March 3, 2015, about 6,550 workers were on strike at 15 plants, including 12 refineries with a fifth of U.S. capacity.[3] It was the first time since 1982 that U.S. oil workers have walked off their jobs to protest working conditions.[4] The National Oil Bargaining talks began in 1965 and are part of the U.S. oil industry's Pattern bargaining process.[5]
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- ^ "National Oil Bargaining Talks Break Down: USW Calls for Work Stoppage at Nine Oil Refineries, Plants". United Steel Workers. February 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ Seba, Erwin (March 3, 2015). "Tensions flare as picket lines crossed in U.S. refinery strike". Reuters. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ Libardi, Manuella (March 18, 2015). "Motiva workers to return to work Monday". Beaumont Enterprise. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "National Oil Bargaining: 1965-2005" (PDF). United Steel Workers. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.