Well I'm a union insulator and I spend a lot of time in refineries. Last night I was hanging out with a couple buddy's of mine. 3 of us worked in the plant. My one buddy gets a call saying they are going to idle the plant that night. Sounds hard to believe. I look online and found it. I call my boss and stewart and they no nothing. I text my agent he knows nothing. Then it goes on the news that night that they were doing it. Everyone went in today. We got our layoff checks and 2 hour show up time. The guys working the shut down went to their break tent and it was locked. They were told their checks are at the gate. Sunoco Marcus hook laid easily 1000 people off today with no warning at all.

Wow dude that sucks. Why do companies always wait till it's Christmas time to do this crap. Not that it is good anytime, just seems worse at this time of year.

Well just for laying off my union peeps, I will boycott Sunoco gasoline.

My boycott started today. The CEO wants to close all the US refineries and buy gas from overseas

Sunoco pb my boycotts list

Well I'm a union insulator and I spend a lot of time in refineries. Last night I was hanging out with a couple buddy's of mine. 3 of us worked in the plant. My one buddy gets a call saying they are going to idle the plant that night. Sounds hard to believe. I look online and found it. I call my boss and stewart and they no nothing. I text my agent he knows nothing. Then it goes on the news that night that they were doing it. Everyone went in today. We got our layoff checks and 2 hour show up time. The guys working the shut down went to their break tent and it was locked. They were told their checks are at the gate. Sunoco Marcus hook laid easily 1000 people off today with no warning at all.

 

 

According to all the reports I've seen, they laid of 400+. While not 1000, it's still a shitload of people. They are to be let go in groups over the next 90-days. Apparently, it has allot to do with this **** CEO woman they have.

400 Sunoco employees. That doesn't include contractors. Today easily 1000 contractors got layoff checks. Yes this woman CEO is the devil.

400 Sunoco employees. That doesn't include contractors. Today easily 1000 contractors got layoff checks. Yes this woman CEO is the devil.

 

 

OK, thanks. My bad.

Never bought Sunoco. I'm an Exxon guy. But I will be sure to stand clear of them and pass the word at my next Union Meeting.Tough break and good luck to you. And when you see that weasel Stewart chew him out and tell him to man up!

He actually didn't know

Sunoco is more expensive from what I have seen, so I rarely go there unless I absolutiely need gas. Good luck, I drive by that place on 295 a couple days a week on my way to my job in MD, for as long as that lasts. I hope your union leaders are raising a stink about this to the Obama people.

We have a PAC fund (political action fund) and we also send apprentices out door to door and to polls at election time. So we can lean on politicians a little.

dam, i like sunoco fuel i get another mile to the gallon in the cobalt, tried shell 2 weeks ago and lost 1.2 miles per gallon..

 

we dont have any exxons and i am not putting wawa gas in my car..

 

ill have to try the shell again..

 

just paid 3.35 gallon last night for sunoco 93. regular was 3.05

I bought Sunoco for a few reasons. #1 they are a local Philly based company. #2 they give me work. #3 the station near me is called Lou's Sunoco. Not akmed's Sunoco.

I'm so very confused...

 

Is your **** with SUNOCO or with the Union?

 

Let's look at the teir of communication: SUNOCO Corporate, The Plant, maybe the prime contractor(probably not), the insulation contractor, the union (the BA and the Stewart).

 

Now Corporate pulls the plug, The plant gets notified, They notify the contractor, They notify the Union Local.

 

Corporate probably knew about idling the plant before the shutdown ever started,and the plant management had an idea but was obligated to procede as normal until they got official word.

 

The contractor probably heard the rumor but Plant management was not to offically communicate it.

 

The rumor was probably heard by the Union too.

 

Why was this not communicated to the Union Workers? I can think of a few reasons.

 

I have first hand experience in this kind of garbage. It's never pretty.

 

I feel bad for you and your guys sitting the bench, sincerely. But welcome to the world of Organized Labor.

 

You have no **** with SUNOCO as I see it.

 

And I don't understand what's the hook with the PAC? Do you want a SUNOCO "Bail Out". What's the deal.

 

Again sorry you're outta work, especially before Christmas.

Also to make gas sun bought sweet crude to use where a lot of companies use the cheap ****. One reason sun wants to close the plants is they want to switch to the cheap ****. Your gas quality will decrease as soon as it isn't manufactured in the area.

I have no beef with my union at all. The closing came as a total shock to everyone. The Sunoco operators got a phone call saying idle the plant effective immediately. They were in a total panic. Their was no notification at all to the workers. We had 2 hours of show up time to get our stuff and get out.

Shawn, This was on Drudge Report on Wed that Sunoco was considering closing the plant and The Inquirier web site was running it also on thurs. I find it hard to believe that your union reps knew nothing. I am sorry your out of work and that whole area will take a giant hit now. One of the reason is the loss of tax abatements Sunoco was getting from the state.. they were enticed 10 or 15 years ago to stay at Marcus Hook with a tax abatement, and it runs out this Jan 1. This could be a power play to get it renewed.... I hope it works out for you.

Also I'm in a trades union so I'll be put to work. Hopefully after shotgun season next week. The operators are totally screwed.

Shawn, This was on Drudge Report on Wed that Sunoco was considering closing the plant and The Inquirier web site was running it also on thurs. I find it hard to believe that your union reps knew nothing. I am sorry your out of work and that whole area will take a giant hit now. One of the reason is the loss of tax abatements Sunoco was getting from the state.. they were enticed 10 or 15 years ago to stay at Marcus Hook with a tax abatement, and it runs out this Jan 1. This could be a power play to get it renewed.... I hope it works out for you.

 

That is intresting..

They were plannIng on closing the plant but not til the summer unless their was a buyer. They had another company (stat oil) in negotiations about buying the plants. Also a rumor of negotiating our pay rates at 80%. That's why this may be a hardball negotiation act but who knows.

Shawn, This was on Drudge Report on Wed that Sunoco was considering closing the plant and The Inquirier web site was running it also on thurs. I find it hard to believe that your union reps knew nothing. I am sorry your out of work and that whole area will take a giant hit now. One of the reason is the loss of tax abatements Sunoco was getting from the state.. they were enticed 10 or 15 years ago to stay at Marcus Hook with a tax abatement, and it runs out this Jan 1. This could be a power play to get it renewed.... I hope it works out for you.

 

So this was telegraphed...

 

Let's see if our make believe conservative governor makes an effort to keep this plant open.

 

Shawn- What candidates does your PAC support? And they make the apprentices campain? GOLDEN!!! How much of your dues did Obama get?

Corporations do this with tax abatements all the time. I believe Hagaon Daz in Edison did this years ago. They got a very generous property tax break for 15 years and the day that tax break was set to expire, they shut the plant down. If Sunoco did in fact have a tax break and they don't get it renewed...that plant will most likely stay shut down. Tax breaks are great but not always.

So this was telegraphed...

 

Let's see if our make believe conservative governor makes an effort to keep this plant open.

 

Shawn- What candidates does your PAC support? And they make the apprentices campaign? GOLDEN!!! How much of your dues did Obama get?

Does it really matter which dirt ball gets our PAC money. They all stink right ,left and center.

And you are dead on about Bloomberg I mean Christie

Does it really matter which dirt ball gets our PAC money.Yes it does. They all stink right ,left and center.

And you are dead on about Bloomberg I mean Christie