Labor Photo: Oil Workers Rally for Jobs
Thursday, February 16, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Hundreds of oil workers from three Philadelphia
refineries slated for permanent shutdown early
this year came to Capitol Hill yesterday to
tell Congressional Representatives “the
closures threaten family-supportive jobs and
will lead to persistent shortages of home
heating oil and motor vehicle fuels in
Pennsylvania and throughout the Northeast.”
The workers -- members of United Steelworkers
-- rallied in front of ConocoPhillips
Corporation and Sunoco Corporation in downtown
DC, presenting ‘pink slips’ to management
at both oil companies. - photo by Julia Kann