The company and the union have not met at the bargaining table for two weeks after each rejected the other’s proposal.
“We are going to meet this week,” said BK White, first vice president of USW Local 12-5, which represents 500 workers who went on strike March 21 after rejecting a proposal for the second time. contract from Chevron.
Chevron has reached an agreement with unions at three US refineries and a fuel and lubricant additives plant, company spokesman Tyler Kruzich said.
“We look forward to continuing negotiations with Local 5 of the Steelworkers’ Union so that they can rejoin our membership soon,” Kruzich said.
US refiners have contracts with workers at 34 of the 35 sites, he added.
Chevron continues to operate the 245,271 barrel per day (bpd) San Francisco Bay refinery with managers, supervisors and temporary workers.
(The article is corrected to say US refiners, not Chevron, in the 6th paragraph. Adds the number of agreements concluded at Chevron sites in the 4th paragraph)