Steelworkers Reach Tentative Contract with Shell
The United Steelworkers (USW) reached a tentative agreement yesterday with Royal Dutch Shell PLC—the lead company for the oil industry—on wages, benefits and working conditions that will become the minimum standards when local union negotiations get under way.
While agreement on the economic terms was reached, USW President Leo W. Gerard said safety issues remain.
These were tough negotiations, given the economic conditions of an economy still in a total free fall. The oil companies were not willing to work with us fully to improve process safety.
