Got a call yesterday from a Sunoco worker. He was not a happy camper.
The result was the story we broke on DelcoTimes.com yesterday afternoon and the folo we ran today. You can read it here.
Sunoco is dropping the ax, laying off more than 100 workers at their Marcus Hook refinery.
Their last day is Friday.
While the worker I talked to was angry at Sunoco, he was even more peeved at both the company and his own union because, he claims, workers are being kept in the dark about what kind of package they might receive.
As he told me, his last day is Friday, and he has no idea if he’s getting a thing from the company.
All of this because the union and company are tied up in talks to determine what kind of severance package might be coming to them.
But as of right now, they don’t know a thing.
That’s what he gets after giving his life to the company.
Today, refinery workers will be back in Washington, D.C., to push elected officials to try to get answers from Sunoco.
We’ll keep you updated.
Union leader Dave Miller, president of USW 10-901, which represents workers at the Hook plant, said something I’ve been saying since Sunoco and ConocoPhillips announced their plans to get out of the refining business back in September.
“We’re losing a way of life,” Miller said.
And as Bruce Springsteen said, “it ain’t coming back.”
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