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Oil Majors Seek Bigger Bargaining Power in Labor Disputes

The biggest oil companies in the United States are playing hardball in unionized labor negotiations in a bid to get more concessions from workers’ unions in the new contracts.

  • Major oil corporations seek greater influence in labor negotiations.
  • Exxon's 2021 lockout at Beaumont refinery lasted ten months.
  • BP and Marathon currently engaged in lockouts at Whiting and Martinez refineries.

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