ExxonMobil Baytown workers vote on separate four year contracts
Clerical workers from Baytown Employees Federation and chemical plant staff from Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union Pace Local 4 2001 will vote May 19 and May 20 on new four year deals. Clerical positions face a one time $1000 lump sum with no guaranteed raises amid charges of gender based pay disparity. Union leader Sheryl Webster accuses the offer of discrimination as clerical workers are 98 percent female while chemical and refinery crews expect over 9 percent gains over four years. Community leafleting to highlight concerns planned. Company argues the raise is fair based on pay analyses of 50 Houston Ship Channel companies.
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Baytown
ExxonMobil
Baytown Employees Federation
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union
PACE
Sheryl Webster
Webster
Houston Ship Channel
Police honor officers who died on duty in 2002 ceremony
Baytown police will host a noon memorial at San Jacinto Mall honoring 14 Texas peace officers killed in 2002. The Fallen Texas Officers ceremony will include personnel from at least four agencies, reading names and summarizing lives of those who died that year.
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Baytown
Texas
San Jacinto Mall
Montgomery Ward
J.C. Penny
Harris and
Liberty County Sheriff's
Beaumont
Debbie Allen
Allen
Baytown Youth Fair swine show reaches midpoint
The 43rd Baytown Youth Fair and Livestock Show entered its halfway point as about 57 hogs competed in the market swine section. Students Clayton Forrest and Victoria Dowler, both repeat participants, discussed hog care, training, and the joy of the fair experience for school and family.
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Baytown Sun
Matthew Cook
Robert E. Lee High School
Amber Zatopek
Baytown
Highlands
Clayton Forrest
Forrest
Gilbert
Sterling High School
Victoria Dowler
Dowler
Crosby bond drive draws near 800 early votes
Crosby school district bond proposal for 45 million dollars nears decision as 782 residents voted early by 9 p.m. Tuesday, beating 600 turnout hopes and signaling community interest ahead of Saturday election. Superintendent Don Hendrix says turnout shows engagement and district officials credit efficient polling locations on campuses.
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Baytown
Crosby
Don Hendrix
US Steel drops lawsuit against Baytown over landfill plan
US Steel withdrew its 2002 lawsuit against Baytown seeking to block the TSP landfill project on Fisher Road in Beach City. Attorney John Hightower said the action was filed to dismiss the suit without prejudice, leaving the matter open.
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Baytown
U.S. Steel
John Hightower
152Nd
US. Steel
Kingwood-based
TSP Development
Fisher Road
Beach City
TSP
US Steel
Hightower
Smith predicts landfill bills likely dead after walkout
Texas House sits idle on day four as Rep. Wayne Smith says two bills restricting the Beach City landfill face slim odds. Democrats fled to Ardmore Oklahoma to block a quorum, halting much chamber business amid debate on congressional redistricting. HB 2554 passed the House and moved to the Senate, while two other bills imposing strict siting rules remain in limbo.
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Austin
Wayne Smith
Baytown
Texas House of Representatives
Smith
Texas
Ardmore
Okla
Beach City
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
House
Texas Senate
Train sparks ignite Baytown grass fires along tracks
Six to seven grass fires sparked by a train with a locked wheel kept Baytown firefighters busy along Union Pacific tracks on Wednesday. Friction from the damaged roller sent sparks onto dry grass between 11:24 a.m. and 11:47 a.m., threatening two buildings near East Fayle Street North Main and North First Street and the 800 block of North Main.
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Baytown
Union Pacific
Liberty
East Fayle Street
North Main Street
East Fayle
North First Street
North Main
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