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12731627, California Oil Refinery Explodes
Posted by Binladen, Thu Feb-19-15 02:19 PM
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Torrance-Refinery-Exxon-Mobil-Explosion-292413021.html
Welp
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12731638, get ready for higher gas prices
Posted by Binlahab, Thu Feb-19-15 02:23 PM
no it doesnt matter that it happened in CA
does it really matter?
wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg
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12731687, pretty much
Posted by Binladen, Thu Feb-19-15 02:46 PM
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12731705, sabotage
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Feb-19-15 02:51 PM
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12731914, RE: sabotage ^^^^^^^^^^^
Posted by neuro_OSX, Thu Feb-19-15 04:58 PM
BOOM!! exactly, plus all that shit is insured. They take out one of their refineries, use that as an excuse to raise prices.
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12732062, Holy shit I can't believe he got a co-sign
Posted by Mgmt, Thu Feb-19-15 08:04 PM
>BOOM!! exactly, plus all that shit is insured. They take out
>one of their refineries, use that as an excuse to raise
>prices.
Congratulations
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12732120, I can't stand it, I know you planned it, Imma set it stright this watergate!!!
Posted by neuro_OSX, Thu Feb-19-15 09:41 PM
HAHA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE
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12731957, i remember when it happened before back in the early 00s
Posted by double negative, Thu Feb-19-15 05:33 PM
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12732121, Uncle Bob!-(c) Bud
Posted by rdhull, Thu Feb-19-15 09:43 PM
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12732185, As if the air quality ain't shitty enough there....terrible
Posted by Castro, Fri Feb-20-15 12:59 AM
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12732196, My dad worked here back in the 80 and 90's
Posted by Stoogie, Fri Feb-20-15 01:35 AM
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12732258, Oil Worker Strike going on from Cali to Kentucky...
Posted by legsdiamond, Fri Feb-20-15 09:04 AM
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/02/18/3624434/california-refinery-explosion/
The workers at the Torrance refinery are represented by United Steelworkers (USW), the same union leading unprecedented oil worker strikes nationwide. Those strikes, the largest of oil workers since 1980, are in part because of what the union sees as dangerous conditions, including leaks and explosions. The union asserts that these dangerous conditions are often caused by improper treatment of workers — unsafe staffing levels, bad training, absentee managment, and “flagrant contracting” number among the union’s complaints.
While the workers at the Torrance refinery were not striking, the local USW branch it is represented by — USW Local 675 — is, leading an ongoing strike at the nearby Tesoro oil refinery in Carson, California. On a phone interview with ThinkProgress on Wednesday, USW Local 675’s Secretary-Treasurer Dave Campbell said the explosion at Torrance drove home the need for action on behalf of all oil workers who often risk their lives to do their jobs.
“We ask all workers to bow their heads and pray. It has been a very emotional day,” he said. “And this is one hell of a way to have the point emphasized that we have been trying to make with these companies, trying to make with the public … these safety concerns that we have need to be taken seriously.”
As for whether the ongoing strikes will go on longer or expand because of Wednesday’s explosion, Campbell said he said he’s not quite sure.
“I don’t know at this point. I’m not really thinking about that,” he said. “I do know that people are angry and upset, not quite sure if us giving 24 hours notice of going on strike helps — but a lot of people have the emotion that they want to do it, and we’ll see.”
hmm...
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