Safe Refineries Save Lives Day of Action

Friday, March 6

Almost 7,000 USW members working in oil refineries and chemical plants are striking to demand that the oil industry to bargain fairly with workers and implement lifesaving improvements in refinery safety, fatigue management, and staffing.

On Friday, March 6 oil workers from across the Gulf Coast will take the fight from the picket lines to the oil industry’s front door with demonstrations at the headquarters of Shell, Motiva and Lyondell Basell. Join Us!

1pm-Rally and March to Shell, Motiva, and Lyondell Basell Headquarters

Meet at Hermann Square in Downtown Houston (Corner of Smith and McKinney Streets)

4:30pm-March to Marathon’s Galveston Bay Refinery

Meet at USW Local 13-1 South Hall, 2327 Texas Ave. Texas City, TX

Buses leaving from:

USW Local 423 at 11am--1500 Jefferson Drive, Port Arthur TX

USW Local 13-1 South at 11:30am--2327 Texas Ave., Texas City, TX

USW Local 13-1 North at 12 noon--311 Pasadena Blvd. Pasadena, TX

USW Local 227--12 noon--704 Pasadena Freeway, Pasadena, TX

If you plan on riding a bus you MUST RSVP online or at the union hall