Negotiators for Exxon Mobil Corp and the United Steelworkers union (USW) met on Wednesday for a second day without coming to an agreement to end a six-month lockout of hundreds of workers at the company's Beaumont, Texas, refinery.
United Steelworkers union members picket outside the Exxon Mobil Beaumont, after being locked out of the plant by the company, in Beaumont, Texas, U.S., May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Erwin Seba/File Photoand the United Steelworkers union met on Wednesday for a second day without coming to an agreement to end a six-month lockout of hundreds of workers at the company's Beaumont, Texas, refinery.
Exxon on Wednesday offered an additional paid holiday to its existing proposal while rejecting USW requests, the company said in a web posting. Another meeting is being scheduled, Exxon said. The union also presented a proposed return-to-work agreement for when a deal is reached and the lockout ends, Exxon and USW Local 13-243 said.
Since negotiations began early this year, Exxon has said it wants to eliminate job bidding by seniority. The USW has refused, saying seniority helps assure the most experienced workers operate units.Production has continued with managers and temporary workers taking the place of the locked out workers.
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