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Published in TZ Latest News 10 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Union says little progress in U.S. refinery contract talks

The United Steelworkers union (USW) said little progress was made in talks with oil companies on Tuesday for a new U.S. refinery workers contract as a strike at 11 plants completed its 10th day, according to a text message issued by the union. The USW said lead oil company negotiator Royal Dutch Shell Plc failed to bring experts and information as promised when talks ended last week. A Shell spokeswoman said on Tuesday night that the firm was working “in a good faith effort to collect the requested data”.

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