70 Workers Launch Strike at Ashland Specialty Chemicals in Texas City
Source: Texas AFL-CIO
TEXAS CITY, Texas – This week, 70 skilled workers began an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike at Ashland Specialty Chemicals in Texas City, Texas.
“This Unfair Labor Practice strike is truly about safety — for both our members and the community,” said Lewis Crawford, IUOE Local 564 Business Agent and Lead Negotiator for the Texas City Metal Trades Council, AFL-CIO. “This highly-skilled work should include the highest safety standards, but instead this global company is choosing to slash years of common sense safety protections and benefits. It’s time for Ashland Specialty Chemicals to come back to the table to negotiate in good faith.”
Members voted to reject the company's contract and authorize this strike because Ashland Specialty Chemicals:
Is forcing employees — including Operators — to perform work outside their craft, creating serious safety risks for our members and the surrounding community,
Is proposing to slash the paid sick time our members have earned over decades of bargaining. Under the company’s offer, the most senior employees — skilled workers who have given this plant twenty and thirty years of service — would see their sick time cut from weeks down to a handful of hours,
Is outsourcing the storeroom to eliminate union jobs and replace bargaining unit members with outside contractors.
26 Jun, 2026
Read more: https://texasaflcio.org/news/70-workers-launch-strike-ashland-specialty-chemicals-texas-city
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