Union workers at Exxon Mobil Corp's Beaumont, Texas, oil refinery overwhelmingly rejected the company's six-year labor contract on Tuesday, extending a lengthy standoff over job assignments.
Workers enter the Exxon Mobil Beaumont refinery after union-represented hourly employees were locked by the company, in Beaumont, Texas, U.S., May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Erwin Seba//File PhotoBeaumont, Texas, oil refinery overwhelmingly rejected the company's six-year labor contract on Tuesday, extending a lengthy standoff over job assignments.
"The lockout of USW-represented workers will continue," she said of the United Steelworkers members. "We will continue to operate our facility safely and reliably with our fully trained workforce," King added. "Exxon's take it or leave it offer is not what we're looking for," said Bryan Gross, a USW International representative.
Hourly workers represented by USW union local 13-243 voted via secret ballot during three meetings held throughout the day.
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