N.O.B. has begun.

The up coming year will be a big one for us because we are again in contract negotiations. National Oil Bargaining is already started and some of our co-workers in other ConocoPhillips refineries have already begun talking about local issues.

Discussions of local issues will begin next year. We plan to keep our members informed on issues here and by way of email.

Here is a little more information about National Oil Bargaining.

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Union Density and National Oil Bargaining

National Bargaining has benefited oil workers, union and non-union, even though the latter aren’t involved in the process. It has also given oil companies labor stability.

Labor unions represent workers who process 77% of all throughput in the United States. The USW represents a huge majority of those workers. Union density is defined as the percentage of union representation within an industry or a company.

*77% UNION DENSITY*

There are still issues that oil workers everywhere have to fight for to make them change. We have a 77% chance of being powerful enough to be successful. Every time we increase our union density, we build power to deal more effectively with the most powerful corporations in the
world.

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Check out another link on National Oil Bargaining HERE.