Exxon begins phone campaign to win Texas refinery worker votes for contract – union By Reuters – Investing.com

Exxon begins phone campaign to win Texas refinery worker votes for contract – union By Reuters – Investing.com

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:) managers on Friday began calling workers locked out of the company's Beaumont, Texas, refinery to push for approval of a contract proposal to be voted on early next week, a United Steelworkers (USW) union official said.

In addition to an appeal to ratify the contract offer, which the union has urged workers to reject, the managers offered information about a decertification petition that may lead to a vote to remove the USW from representing the workers, said Bryan Gross, a representative of the international union.

"The company locked us out six months ago," Gross said. "They haven't asked about anybody and now they are reaching out and saying, 'Trust us.'"