Steelworkers, Monroe Energy to talk Tuesday

Negotiations are set for Tuesday between the United Steelworkers Local 10-234 and the management of Monroe Energy L.L.C., which operates an oil refinery in Trainer. The union's contract expired March 1. Negotiations are continuing on two fronts - locally, affecting the 215 steelworkers and the Trainer facility, which processes crude oil into refined products for Delta Airlines, and nationally, affecting 30,000 steelworkers. Of them, nearly 7,000 steelworkers at 15 facilities nationwide are already on strike, following the end of the national contract a month ago. National negotiations will resume Wednesday. Local 10-234 must...