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Related: About this forumA US oil company (Marathon) cut nearly 2,000 jobs - and reaped $2.1bn in pandemic benefits
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Source: Lousiana Illuminator and Floodlight via the Guardian
A US oil company cut nearly 2,000 jobs and reaped $2.1bn in pandemic benefits
Christopher Staudinger for the Louisiana Illuminator and Floodlight
Fri 18 Jun 2021 11.00 BST
One morning in September, word of layoffs began to spread quickly through Marathon Petroleums refinery in the small industrial community of Garyville, Louisiana.
Seven months into the pandemic, workers at the oil refining plant thought they would be spared the fate of their colleagues at other facilities, who had already been jettisoned into a daunting job market.
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Last year, Marathon laid off 1,920 workers across the US despite taking $2.1bn in federal tax benefits meant to cushion the pandemics blow to the economy, according to a report from BailoutWatch. The worker interviewed for this story, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of difficulty finding a job, is still unemployed. He and his wife had plans to start a family, which are now on hold. And he is competing with more than 18,000 oil, gas and manufacturing workers in Louisiana who lost jobs last year.
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Over a year after Congress approved the Cares Act to provide emergency economic relief in response to Covid-19, the oil and gas industry has emerged as a major recipient of stimulus funds, despite heavy job cuts. Marathon Petroleum received more tax benefits under the legislation than any other US oil company, according to BailoutWatch, while also cutting about 9% of its workforce, including 45 Garyville workers.
The company spent millions lobbying in Washington, including on specific Cares Act provisions. Marathon is also defending local government tax breaks it receives as part of a controversial Louisiana subsidy program and meant to create jobs. According to SEC filings examined by BailoutWatch, Marathon came to receive roughly $1.1m in federal dollars for every job the company eliminated.
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Christopher Staudinger for the Louisiana Illuminator and Floodlight
Fri 18 Jun 2021 11.00 BST
One morning in September, word of layoffs began to spread quickly through Marathon Petroleums refinery in the small industrial community of Garyville, Louisiana.
Seven months into the pandemic, workers at the oil refining plant thought they would be spared the fate of their colleagues at other facilities, who had already been jettisoned into a daunting job market.
-snip-
Last year, Marathon laid off 1,920 workers across the US despite taking $2.1bn in federal tax benefits meant to cushion the pandemics blow to the economy, according to a report from BailoutWatch. The worker interviewed for this story, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of difficulty finding a job, is still unemployed. He and his wife had plans to start a family, which are now on hold. And he is competing with more than 18,000 oil, gas and manufacturing workers in Louisiana who lost jobs last year.
-snip-
Over a year after Congress approved the Cares Act to provide emergency economic relief in response to Covid-19, the oil and gas industry has emerged as a major recipient of stimulus funds, despite heavy job cuts. Marathon Petroleum received more tax benefits under the legislation than any other US oil company, according to BailoutWatch, while also cutting about 9% of its workforce, including 45 Garyville workers.
The company spent millions lobbying in Washington, including on specific Cares Act provisions. Marathon is also defending local government tax breaks it receives as part of a controversial Louisiana subsidy program and meant to create jobs. According to SEC filings examined by BailoutWatch, Marathon came to receive roughly $1.1m in federal dollars for every job the company eliminated.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/18/marathon-petroleum-job-cuts-pandemic-benefits
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A US oil company (Marathon) cut nearly 2,000 jobs - and reaped $2.1bn in pandemic benefits (Original Post)
Eugene
Jun 2021
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Response to Eugene (Original post)
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Farmer-Rick
(10,160 posts)2. Just 1 oil company got $2.1 billion of our tax dollars
Tax dollars that they did not contribute to.
And how much did you get to survive over a year of pandemic horrors? How much did you get to watch your friends and relatives die from a preventable disease?
And the guy who let this happen is still walking around comically attempting to regain power.