Businesses Across Northwest Indiana Hosting Food Drives for Workers Locked Out of Their Jobs for Two Months

Labor Talks Collapse: Lockout Continues at BP Refinery in Lake County

Photo: Adobe Stock. Contract talks between BP and the United Steelworkers Local 7-1 resumed briefly Monday but ended without progress, extending a two-month lockout in northeast Indiana that has sidelined roughly 800 workers at one of the nation’s largest oil refineries and sent economic ripples through the industrial Midwest and beyond. The impasse at the BP Whiting refinery in Lake County, Indiana — a sprawling facility capable of processing a…

Businesses across Northwest Indiana hosting food drives for workers locked out of their jobs for two months

Local businesses across Northwest Indiana are hosting food drives for the BP Whiting Refinery workers who have been locked out of work without a paycheck for two months.

BP Fails to Reach Deal with Union as Indiana Refinery Lockout Drags On - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events

BP and union leaders resumed labor contract negotiations for workers at the Whiting, Indiana, oil refinery on Monday with no agreement yet, as a lockout entered its third month this week. Some 800 workers at the 440,000-barrel-per-day refinery, the largest in the U.S. Midwest, have been locked out since March 19 after months of negotiations ...