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Chevron El Segundo Workers Avoid Strike Following Acceptance of Final Offer

March 24, 2022 4:01 pm

A second strike at a Chevron refinery was narrowly averted on Wednesday after the United Steelworkers union voted to ratify the oil company’s last contract offer at the Chevron El Segundo Refinery outside of Los Angeles. The Contract issue dates...

Chevron Richmond Refinery Workers Strike Over 5% Bay Area Cost of Living Increase, Work Hours

March 21, 2022 12:28 pm

More than 500 United Steelworkers oil workers at the the Chevron Richmond refinery went on strike at 12:01 A.M. on Monday following failure to come to a new contract. The Contract issue dates back to last month, when the majority...

11 California Cities Make ‘Most Dangerous In U.S.’ List 2021

June 27, 2021 11:13 amJuly 1, 2021 7:12 am

Last week the Globe reported on the most dangerous cities in California. “Most interesting is the FBI graph below showing how crime in California had dropped, then began to rise again after 2014 – the year Proposition 47 was passed, and...

Utah Joins Coal Shipping Lawsuit Against City of Richmond

January 11, 2021 3:07 pm

On Monday, the state of Utah officially joined a lawsuit started by Wolverine Fuels against the city of Richmond over an ordinance that is set to phase out all coal and coal byproduct storage in Richmond. For many years, Richmond...

California Cities in Critical Condition

March 18, 2020 2:21 amMarch 17, 2020 9:09 pm

The recent and long overdue correction in the stock market, triggered by a global pandemic paralyzing huge segments of the U.S. and global economy, will cause sales tax revenues to crater for as long as “social distancing” mandates remain in...