Tesoro, Steelworkers Reach $8.08 Million Settlement
buzzz worthy. . . Washington, D.C.—The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has approved a settlement agreement between Tesoro Refining and Marketing and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC (Steelworkers). Under the bilateral agreement, Tesoro will pay more than $8.08 million to 769 employees at their Carson, CA and Anacortes, WA facilities who engaged in the winter 2015 refinery strike. They will also post a notice for employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. In February 2015, collective bargaining agreements at both facilities expired. Workers at the Carson, Anacortes, and facilities across the country began a strike that stretched into late March when a new contract was reached. Once an agreement was reached ending the largest refinery strike in 35 years, employees at the Carson and Anacortes facilities returned to work. On March...