Tell Husky/Cenovus Lima Refinery to Keep Using Local Labor

Andrew Dahlin, Executive Vice-President, Safety & Operations Technical Services & Keith Chiasson, Executive Vice-President, Downstream

For it's 136 years of operation the Husky/Cenovus Lima Refinery has provided good paying, well benefited jobs to the local workforce.  

For the refinery's fall shutdown against the wishes of the The Lima Building Trades, the Mayor of Lima, the Allen County Commissioners, the Shawnee Township Trustees, and others they will be using out of state labor. The men and women that work these trades have safely filled the jobs for generations and look forward to continued service in the future.  

The community members and their families that have seen them work the long hours necessary, and sacrifice family time in order to keep the refinery operating, and safe also make up neighborhoods, church pews, and schools.  

We deserve better than to be glossed over in favor of out of state "specialists". Please sign this digital petition and share it with your friends and family, post the link on all of your social media so we can let the refinery management know that the local workforce is capable to fill these jobs as they always have.

“Our members have been working there for many generations,” Perdue said. “We know that plant inside and out, up and down, every pipe, nut and bolt; every electric pipe panel throughout the facility.”

The Lima Refinery, which has been in operation for 135 years, is under new ownership after Canadian-based Cenovus Energy formally acquired Husky Energy in January.

In the weeks since the acquisition, Perdue and others have tried to persuade Cenovus Energy and Lima Refinery management to hire local contractors for the turnaround, rather than the roughly 3,000 out-of-state workers who Perdue said will perform maintenance at the refinery for six weeks.

The Lima Building & Construction Trades, Perdue said, represents 16 trade unions and 2,500 skilled craftsmen in the Lima region alone.

“We have those resources here,” Lima Mayor David Berger said on Thursday. “And they’re very well trained.”

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​For it's 136 years of operation the Husky/Cenovus Lima Refinery has provided good paying, well benefited jobs to the local workforce.

For the refinery's fall shutdown against the wishes of the The Lima Building Trades, the Mayor of Lima, the Allen County Commissioners, the Shawnee Township Trustees, and others they will be using out of state labor. The men and women that work these trades have safely filled the jobs for generations and look forward to continued service in the future.

The community members and their families that have seen them work the long hours necessary, and sacrifice family time in order to keep the refinery operating, and safe also make up neighborhoods, church pews, and schools.

We deserve better than to be glossed over in favor of out of state "specialists". We have a loyal, dedicated workforce provided no real reason to bring workers from outside the community.

Keep these jobs local.