US BP oil workers join largest nationwide strike in 35 years

Workers at BP refineries in Indiana and Ohio have joined the largest nationwide strike since 1980 after workplace safety negotiations between the United Steelworkers Union (USW) and fuel-making plants stalled, according to a USW press release.

The USW said on Saturday that the US refinery workers’ strike is expanding to include two additional plants. Over 1,000 workers from BP Plc’s Whiting, Indiana refinery and the company’s plant in Toledo, Ohio (a joint-venture with Husky Energy) are due to walk out shortly after midnight on Sunday.

The two plants are set to join nine other refineries already on strike across the US, together accounting for about 13 percent of the country’s refining capacity .... http://rt.com/usa