Striking Lyondell Houston refinery workers OK new contract: union
Source: Reuters
Hourly workers striking against LyondellBasell Industries NV's (LYB.N) Houston refinery voted on Thursday to ratify a new four-year contract, clearing a key hurdle on the way to ending a three-month-long strike, according to a union official.
No date has been set for the more than 400 members of United Steelworkers' Local 13-227 to return to work as an agreement for re-entering the refinery has not been made with Lyondell, said Kent Farr, a committeeman with the local.
After contract ratification, workers typically return to their jobs within 10 days to two weeks.
A Lyondell spokesman did not have an immediate comment about the vote, which took place at the union's offices on Wednesday and Thursday.
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