Workers at the Chevron oil refinery are going on strike in Richmond tomorrow.
The unionized workers have been negotiating a new contract with the oil company since the end of January, but those negotiations have broken down.United Steelworker Union Local 5 says a proposed agreement was overwhelmingly voted down Saturday.
Though safety improvements and medical insurance contributions are issues, the main sticking point is money."We countered with just a minimal bump and we were told by the corporation that there was no movement, no money," said BK White, a worker with USW Local 5 involved in negotiations. "We feel when a company can report 15 billion profit and the highest profit since 2014, they can give the people whose backs they’re making these earnings off of, give them a little boost to help them out," said White.