Chevron Corp and the United Steelworkers union (USW) met on Monday to seek an end to a three-week-old strike by 500 workers at the company's Richmond, California, refinery, a union official said.
The logo of Dow Jones Industrial Average stock market index listed company Chevron is seen in Los Angeles, California, United States, April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholsonand the United Steelworkers union met on Monday to seek an end to a three-week-old strike by 500 workers at the company's Richmond, California, refinery, a union official said.
B.K. White, first vice president of USW Local 12-5, said the union had received a proposal from the company and was preparing a reply.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comChevron has continued operating the 245,271-barrel-per-day with managers and supervisors but has begun advertising for temporary replacement workers in ads placed online.
The ads list pay of $70 an hour for the temporary replacement workers who will be hired for up to five months, according to the advertisements. "Our personnel working onsite are being compensated appropriately for their time and expertise," Kruzich said prior to the meeting between the two sides. The national average pay for a union refinery worker after four years is about $45 an hour, the USW has said.Retirees, former employees and recent graduate of process operations programs are among those usually recruited to be temporary replacement workers.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com
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