{"id":62271,"date":"2022-03-22T18:11:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T23:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62271"},"modified":"2022-03-22T18:11:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T23:11:55","slug":"largest-california-refinery-hit-with-strike-amid-record-high-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62271","title":{"rendered":"Largest California Refinery Hit With Strike Amid Record-High Gas Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__Eyn7V\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__MEgbb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/commodities\/largest-california-refinery-hit-strike\">Largest California Refinery Hit With Strike Amid Record-High Gas Prices<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__t4rGu\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__6iJOI NodeBody_container__hI8PI\">\n<p>Hundreds of Chevron Corp. refinery workers in the San Francisco Bay Area went on strike Monday following a breakdown in talks between the oil major and the United Steelworkers (USW) union on a contract agreement.<\/p>\n<p>At least 500 workers at a gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and lubricating oils refinery owned by Chevron in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Richmond began striking at local time 12.01 am, the union said in a statement. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/hundreds-of-chevron-workers-at-california-refinery-go-on-strike\/ar-AAVlVMA?li=BBnb7Kz\">AP News<\/a>, this followed USW workers voting down a contract offer from Chevron and the company refusing to return to the bargaining table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2022-03-22_09-37-48.png?itok=ao5t2jfg\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2022-03-22_09-37-48.png?itok=ao5t2jfg\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2022-03-22_09-37-48.png?itok=ao5t2jfg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"74da0742-c8d9-40a5-9583-5b454d58987e\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__6iJOI NodeBody_container__hI8PI\">\n<p>The strike&#8217;s timing is &#8220;very unfortunate&#8221; as refinery capacity in California is tight, Severin Borenstein, a UC Berkeley professor, told local news KTVU.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NrZWxldG9uX2xvYWRpbmdfMTMzOTgiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoiY3RhIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19zcGFjZV9jYXJkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9mZiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1505936412452929545&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcommodities%2Flargest-california-refinery-hit-strike&amp;sessionId=49258db25a1100c1ad48eeab91df390a7c1318ec&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1505936412452929545\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Chevron announced in a statement the strike has yet to affect operational capacity at the refinery.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Chevron Richmond is fully prepared to continue normal operations to safely and reliably provide the products that consumers need. We anticipate no issues in maintaining a reliable supply of products to the market. Chevron remains committed to safe operations for our workers and communities.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The heart of the problem is USW&#8217;s push to increase pay for workers by another 5%, on top of the national agreement to raise pay by 12%, purely based on the cost of living in the Bay Area is unbearable for blue-collar workers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The cost of living in the Bay Area, as any blue-collar worker knows, has gotten to the point that makes it hard to live,&#8221; USW Local 5 First Vice President B.K. White, told local news\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/chevron-richmond-refinery-strike-oil-bay-area-gas-prices-contra-costa-county\/11669211\/\">ABC7<\/a>. &#8220;Our workers have to live 45 minutes to an hour out. We are just asking for a little bit of relief.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Largest California Refinery Hit With Strike Amid Record-High Gas Prices Hundreds of Chevron Corp. refinery workers in the San Francisco Bay Area went on strike Monday following a breakdown in talks between the oil major and the United Steelworkers (USW) union on a contract agreement. 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