Nurses welcome veto of Keystone XL bill
"The miniscule number of jobs it would create are far outweighed by the enormous damage that this project creates to our health and in accelerating the climate crisis."
Union not surprised by flare-up at Whiting, Ind. BP plant
"We refuse to accept that fires, explosions, and working people to exhaustion are just the cost of doing this business -- these are all things that we can control."
Safety tops strike demands for oil workers at BP refinery
The workers' demands center on health and safety issues, contracting jobs out to non-union workers and health care.
Workers in Ohio and Indiana join USW strike against oil industry
"Management cannot continue to resist allowing workers a stronger voice on issues that could very well make the difference between life and death for too many of them."
Houston, we have a problem: Strike at major oil refineries
"Houston has the worst record in Texas, and Texas has the worst record in the nation when it comes to workplace fatalities or catastrophes."
Union oil workers to rally at Shell headquarters
USW members account for about 64 percent of the country's oil refining capacity, and more locations could soon join the strike if necessary.
Oil industry obstinance on safety forces steelworkers to strike
Oil industry obstinance, especially its refusal to even discuss worker safety issues, forced tens of thousands of Steelworkers to strike.
Oil workers begin largest strike since 1980
The USW called for its refinery workers to stage their walkout after negotiations with Shell Oil Co. broke down less than two weeks after they began.
