BP to meet union leaders next week for Whiting refinery negotiations
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A BP logo is displayed at a petrol station in Sydney, Australia, March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams
DENVER, May 13 (Reuters) - BP will meet with union leaders on Monday to resume contract negotiations for workers at its Whiting, Indiana, oil refinery, the company and United Steelworkers union said on Wednesday.
"We look forward to returning to the negotiating table to work toward an agreement that preserves strong jobs by improving refinery performance, strengthening safety, and keeping the site competitive in a range of economic conditions over the long term. We have negotiated in good faith from the start and will keep doing so," BP said in a statement.
Some 800 workers at the 440,000-barrel-per-day refinery, the largest in the U.S. Midwest, have been locked out since March 19 after months of negotiations failed to produce a new labor contract.
"We’re pleased British Petroleum responded to our request to resume negotiating," said Eric Schultz, president of United Steelworkers Local 7-1, in a statement. "We will again ask them to lift their lockout and to move away from their demands to cut more than 100 local jobs, make sweeping pay cuts and that we give up our bargaining and seniority rights."
(Writing by Liz Hampton in Denver; Editing by Rod Nickel)
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