United Steelworkers expand refinery strike to Whiting, IN

The United Steelworkers union has extended its ongoing oil refineries strike to the BP facility in Whiting, Indiana.

The initial work action covered about 4,000 workers at nine plants in multiple states and started on February 1. Those refineries have continued operations without the unionized workers, and a BP (NYSE: BP) representative issued a statement to Fox Chicago saying the Whiting plant would be no different. However, that report also quoted an energy market analyst saying that a long-term…