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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExxon tells Texas refinery workers lockout will end if contract approved or union removed
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp on Sunday told workers at its Beaumont, Texas, refinery their six-month lockout will end if they ratify the company's contract offer or remove the United Steelworkers union (USW) as their representative.
"As we have told the Union, the conditions which would end the lockout remain the same: the company will end the lockout when we have a signed, ratified agreement," Exxon said in a message posted on-line.
"This has not changed, and anything said to the contrary is untrue. Additionally, if employees were to decertify, the company would return employees to work."
Decertification is the process to remove a union from representing employees at a given location. The U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is reviewing a petition signed by at least 30% of the locked-out workers that could lead to a vote to decertify USW Local 13-243 in Beaumont as their representative. No date for a vote has been set.
https://news.yahoo.com/exxon-tells-texas-refinery-workers-041513972.html
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Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)"bargain in good faith" no longer applies. Didn't the NLRB used to hammer companies that tried stuff like this? Do we still have an NLRB?