United Steelworkers accuse Exxon of union busting at Texas refinery – Reuters

United Steelworkers accuse Exxon of union busting at Texas refinery – Reuters

HOUSTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The labor union representing workers locked out of a Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) refinery on Friday accused the oil firm of trying to "bust our union" by supporting efforts to officially remove the union with a decertification vote.

Any vote would be tainted by "serious unfair labor practices," the USW said in a statement that accused Exxon of "misleading people with confusing statements regarding our union, our negotiations and the company's spiteful lockout."

A majority of the plant's union members "are still with us," Bryan Gross, a USW international representative, said of a vote's prospects.