The ax fell yesterday in Trainer.
This was the outcome so many workers feared back in September when ConocoPhillips announced it would idle the plant and seek a buyer.
The pink slips started going out yesterday.
Workers seemed resigned to their fate.
“I like working here,” said Rioch Wright Jr. “Hopefully, somebody willl buy it, but I’m not expecting to come back.”
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In the meantime, there is a sliver of hope next door at the Sunoco refinery in Marcus Hook.
Sunoco CEO started all this back on the day after Labor Day when she announced the company was getting out of the refinery business and would seek a buyer for their iconic plant on the Delaware River.
Not it appears there is at least one serious suit interested in opoerating the facility as a refinery.
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