US union workers prepare for war.

摘要

According to Gary Beevers, international VP of United Steelworkers, the union is gearing up for an intense round of contract negotiations beginning early in Jan. "I'm expecting the most difficult negotiations that I've seen in the three terms as vice president of the oil sector," he said. "We have an industry that has very, very good profits telling us we don't deserve a good piece of the pie, and we disagree." For the first time in 20 years or more, he said, the union is setting aside funds to help support workers in the event of a strike. "The last two cycles of bargaining happened when the economy was rough, and we tried to find some reasonable solutions and we did," Beevers added. "Today, the oil industry is making good money. The price of oil is down. It's time that we get serious about some things we've seen erode over the last several years."