By Erwin Seba
BEAUMONT, Texas (Reuters) – Union officials on Monday agreed to schedule a membership vote on a contract offer that could end a nearly 10-month worker lockout at an Exxon Mobil refinery in southeast Texas, a union official said.
The leadership of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 13-243 agreed to put a sweetened Exxon contract proposal received last week to its about 600 members. A vote was scheduled for next Monday, Feb. 21.
Exxon on Friday agreed to add a new holiday, update contract language regarding a union committee and add a new job description for operators in the 369,024 barrel-per-day refinery and lubricant facility.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba in Beaumont, Texas.)
