May 01, 2024
An energy company that took over a Shell oil refinery isn't liable for back pay owed to a worker wrongly fired before the sale, the company told a Washington federal judge, saying it didn't absorb Shell's legal obligations.
April 23, 2024
The successor owner of Washington state refinery argued the company isn't responsible for a back pay award to a worker fired after posting a meme, saying the previous owner, Shell, is liable for the payments in a United Steelworkers grievance and arbitration dispute.
April 05, 2024
The United Steelworkers have urged a Washington federal judge to enforce an arbitrator's order that Shell and its successor at a Washington refinery rehire a worker fired over an offensive meme, saying that the order jibes with a union contract and that the employers share liability for fulfilling it.
March 05, 2024
Shell must face the United Steelworkers' attempt to compel it to promptly rehire a union-represented worker who was fired for posting a meme the company considered racist, with a Washington federal judge preserving the union's bid to enforce an arbitrator's reinstatement award and tossing the oil giant's dismissal bid.
October 27, 2023
Shell Oil asked a Washington federal judge to toss the United Steelworkers' bid to enforce a rehire order for a worker fired after posting a meme that management deemed offensive, saying it's too early for court enforcement because back pay is still being worked out with the arbitrator.