Workers at largest US oil refinery go on strike

The number of US oil refineries facing the threat of a strike is expanding after workers at the country’s largest refinery in Texas walked off their jobs on Saturday.

Workers at the Motiva Enterprises refinery in Port Arthur, Texas joined the strike shortly after talks between the United Steelworkers union (USW) and the Royal Dutch Shell oil company ended on Friday night.

The USW also gave notices on Friday of strikes to begin in 24 hours at Motiva’s oil refinery plants in Convent, Louisiana and Norco, Louisiana and the Shell company’s chemical plant in Norco .... http://www.presstv.ir