This week the grieving families and friends of Ben and Max Morrissey will bury the two brothers, who died in the September 20 fire at the BP-Husky oil refinery in Oregon, Ohio.
A Texas oil worker spoke with the <em>World Socialist Web Site</em> about the significance of Valero workers turning down the contract amid a nationwide struggle of oil workers against the corporatist unions and the oil companies.
In a series of “informational” meetings this week, United Steelworkers union officials have used lies and intimidation to push through a concessions-laden contract covering 30,000 oil refinery and petrochemical workers.