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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJY0AL6K50XT (Bloomberg) — The Port of Long Beach, which has been dealing with cargo delays since last year amid labor negotiations between terminal operators and longshoremen, may soon have another problem on its hands. United Steelworkers members who help run oil terminals at the port that supply

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJ6DFA6S9729 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc met with the United Steelworkers on Monday about a new, three-year labor contract for U.S. oil workers, less than two days after the union started the biggest refinery strike since 1980. Shell, negotiating the contract on behalf of oil companies,

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJ4HS86S972F (Bloomberg) — Oil fell amid speculation that the biggest strike at U.S. refineries since 1980 will curtail crude processing in the world’s leading consumer nation and worsen a global supply glut. Futures dropped as much as 3.3 percent in New York. The United Steelworkers union, which

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