Essential workers at the United Metro Energy oil terminal in Brooklyn have been on strike since April 19, 2021. The workers provided gasoline, diesel, and heating oil to New York throughout the pandemic, while the company’s billionaire owner, John Catsimatidis, paid them wages as much as 50% lower than at other city oil companies.

The company has sent letters to eight workers over the course of the strike telling them that they have been “permanently replaced.” The firings have illegally targeted union activists. The National Labor Relations Board is currently investigating charges related to the firings.

Support from the New York City labor movement has kept the workers strong on the picket line. Please donate today to support these union families so they can provide for their families and win this strike.

  essential workers, Unions, Workers Rights