Workers Fight to Retain Legal Right to Bargain
Salt Lake City, Utah-United Steelworkers (USW) members from Tesoro's five unionized refineries are rallying for a fair contract deal TODAY at the Tesoro gas station located at 4th St. West and Beck St., across from the Tesoro refinery here, at 3:30 p.m.
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USW Local 286 members at the Salt Lake City Tesoro refinery are in the midst of contract negotiations and are fighting steep cuts to their retirement security and the company's demand to unilaterally change benefits during the term of the contract without first bargaining with the union. The National Labor Relations Act gives unions the legal right to bargain over benefits.
USW members participating in the rally are from Tesoro's refineries in Mandan, N. Dakota; Anacortes, Wash.; Kapolei, Hawaii; Los Angeles, Calif.; and Martinez, Calif.
WHO: | USW members |
WHAT: | Hand-billing to inform the public that the union wants a fair contract |
WHEN: | Saturday, March 24 (TODAY) |
3:30 p.m. | |
WHERE: | Tesoro gas station located at 4th St. West and Beck St. in Salt Lake City |
Contact: Lynne Hancock, (615) 828-6169, lhancock@usw.org
/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- March 24, 2012/
SOURCE United Steelworkers (USW)
