Striking Oil Workers, Shell to Resume Labor Talks Next Week
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The United Steelworkers union, representing 30,000 oil workers in contract talks, will resume negotiations next week with Royal Dutch Shell Plc, prolonging the biggest refinery strike in 35 years.
Shell, negotiating on behalf of employers including Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., and the USW have agreed to meet on March 4, statements from both sides show. The union, which is trying to limit the number of contractors at plants, said in a text message on Friday that Shell will need to bargain a fair and safe contract “or see strike expand.”