Union agrees to US refineries contract, averting nationwide strike

Union OKs U.S. oil refineries contract, averting nationwide strike

Union agrees to US refineries contract, averting nationwide strike

The U.S. United Steelworkers union adopted on Friday a national agreement on pay and benefits, averting a nationwide strike that could have affected 30,000 workers at 26 companies operating crude oil refineries and petrochemical plants.

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Opposition to the deal, with sub-inflation wage increases and no job guarantees against AI, must be organized into of a rank-and-file rebellion that overrides the bureaucratic sabotage and enforces the will of the membership.