Stay Connected  PACE, Shell agree on labor pact for refinery
workers  The Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical, and Energy
Workers International Union (PACE) has accepted a refinery
workers' contract offer from Shell Oil Co. that is expected to
set a pattern for other US refineries.PACE will use the deal as
the minimum contract acceptable for its 30,000 members in the
oil and gas sector (OGJ Online, Jan. 30, 2002).Shell submitted
the offer to PACE Locals 2-898 and 4-750, and the union's
National Oil Bargaining Policy Committee accepted it late on
Jan. 31, shortly before the old contract expired.PACE
Administrative Vice-Pres. Jim Pannell said, "In view of the
events of recent months and the decline of the economic climate,
this settlement represents op...  Why Register?   Why Subscribe?
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