Over 500 workers at California Chevron refinery go on strike

Greater than 500 employees at a Chevron Corp. refinery within the San Francisco Bay space went on strike early Monday in a contract dispute.

The United Steelworkers union mentioned in an e mail that the strike affecting the refinery within the metropolis of Richmond, started at 12:01 a.m. It got here after employees voted down Chevron’s most up-to-date contract supply and that Chevron refused to return to the bargaining desk.

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Chevron mentioned in a press release Sunday evening that it has negotiated with the union for months and believes a contract supplied by the corporate was honest and addressed union considerations.

The corporate mentioned that refinery operations will proceed regardless of the strike and that it doesn’t anticipate any provide chain points. If the strike have been to close down the refinery, that might negatively have an effect on gasoline costs in California — which has the best common fuel worth within the nation at $5.86 per gallon, based on the American Car Affiliation.

The union mentioned it had negotiated a nationwide settlement for oil employees on wages and dealing circumstances, however about 200 particular person bargaining models nonetheless needed to negotiate native points.

Chevron mentioned that in Richmond, “the union’s calls for exceeded what the corporate believes to be cheap and moved past what was agreed to as a part of the nationwide sample bargaining settlement.”

The outdated contract with Chevron in Richmond expired Feb. 1, and employees had been reporting to their jobs on a rolling 24-hour extension, the union mentioned.

The San Ramon, California-based Chevron mentioned on its web site that the refinery produces gasoline, diesel and jet gasoline and lubricating oils.