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Article: Industrial Towns Along Delaware River Hope for Modest Resurgence.(Originated from Kristi Nelson and Anthony R. Wood, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- February 25, 1996
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PHILADELPHIA--Feb. 25--The blue Teamsters truck was blaring 1960s rock from a loudspeaker as it drove up to the plant gate. That's where Denis J. Stephano and 200 defiant union members had gathered on the frigid afternoon of Jan. 31.
Stephano's union, Local 8-234 of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union (OCAW), had taken its stand. Their employer, the B.P. Oil Co., had been sold to Tosco Corp., and the new owner wanted concessions from the workers.
Their response was emphatic: "No."
Now, inspired by the support of other unions and fiery rhetoric, they were holding a raucous rally against the backdrop of the refinery skyline. Like the music, the ...