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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra
Costa
FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON - County
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DATE: August 6, 1996
SUBJECT: Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers' (OCAW)
Health and Safety Representative Agreement with Shell Oil Company
(Land Use Permit #2009-92)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Accept report from the Director of Community Development regarding
the status of Shell Oil Company's Agreement with Oil, Chemical and
Atomic Workers union to appoint a Health and Safety Representative.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
On June 25, 1996 the Board's ad hoc committee recommended that the
Board find Shell in compliance with Land Use Permit No. 2009-92
(Conditions 2C, 22, 23 , 80 and 81) . The Board accepted this
recommendation and requested that staff return to the Board in the
near future to report Shell's progress in appointing an OCAW Health
and Safety Representative and to explain further the nature of this
position.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X_ YES SIGNATUR .
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION O BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) :
ACTION OF BOARD ON August 6, 1996 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ---------- TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED August 6, 1996
PHML BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
Contact: Debra Sanderson CDD (335-1208) BOARD F SU ISO S
cc: Marj Leeds, COI ADMI OR
Shell Martinez-Refining Co. (via CDD)
Jeff Dodge, OCAW (via CDD)
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On July 3, 1996, Shell submitted a tentative agreement with OCAW
concerning the Health and Safety Representative. The Agreement
was approved by OCAW's Union Adjustment Committee in early July
and was ratified by the OCAW membership on July 23, 1996; it will
be signed as soon as possible by OCAW's International
Representative. OCAW expects this Health and Safety Represen-
tative to be appointed in early August and to attend OCAW's
National Health and Safety Representative Training Program in mid-
August.
Staff has reviewed the Agreement and discussed the position with
both Shell and OCAW. The Health and Safety Representative is
appointed jointly by Shell and the OCAW and has an opportunity to
become involved in practically every aspect of Shell 's safety and
incident response programs. The Health and Safety Representative
participates in Shell's Audit program, may meet directly with
regulatory officials when they visit the refinery, and becomes
involved in the refinery's policy-making. Union members may
communicate directly with this Representative, ensuring that their
safety concerns are not easily dismissed. In addition, the Health
and Safety Representative provides a communication link between
management and the Union' s bargaining unit.
The Health and Safety Representative Program is approximately two
years old nationwide; other Bay Area refineries (Unocal, Tosco and
Chevron) have OCAW Health and Safety Representatives. The program
is too young for us to measure long-term benefits, but OCAW
believes the experiences have been generally positive in these
three other Bay Area refineries.
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