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Bayou and Wasco Announce Restart of Bayou-Wasco Insulation Facility

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Monday, July 18, 2022

HOUSTON, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bayou Companies, LLC ("Bayou") and Wasco Energy ("Wasco") today announced the restart of the Bayou-Wasco Insulation("BWI") facility effective immediately.

Key Points: 
  • HOUSTON, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bayou Companies, LLC ("Bayou") and Wasco Energy ("Wasco") today announced the restart of the Bayou-Wasco Insulation("BWI") facility effective immediately.
  • BWI will continue to operate from New Iberia, Louisiana, and provide customers with both Glass Syntactic Polyurethane ("GSPU") and Glass Syntactic Polypropylene ("GSPP" or 5LPP) insulation services.
  • "Wasco is excited by the opportunity to restart the BWI facility with Bayou and the prospect of providing our customers with a suite of competitive products and services."
  • Through its division ODYSEA, The Bayou Companies continues to focus on advancing thermal insulation and flow assurance solutions for subsea infrastructure for their deepwater clients.

Bayou and Wasco Announce Restart of Bayou-Wasco Insulation Facility

Retrieved on: 
Monday, July 18, 2022

HOUSTON, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bayou Companies, LLC ("Bayou") and Wasco Energy ("Wasco") today announced the restart of the Bayou-Wasco Insulation("BWI") facility effective immediately.

Key Points: 
  • HOUSTON, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bayou Companies, LLC ("Bayou") and Wasco Energy ("Wasco") today announced the restart of the Bayou-Wasco Insulation("BWI") facility effective immediately.
  • BWI will continue to operate from New Iberia, Louisiana, and provide customers with both Glass Syntactic Polyurethane ("GSPU") and Glass Syntactic Polypropylene ("GSPP" or 5LPP) insulation services.
  • "Wasco is excited by the opportunity to restart the BWI facility with Bayou and the prospect of providing our customers with a suite of competitive products and services."
  • Through its division ODYSEA, The Bayou Companies continues to focus on advancing thermal insulation and flow assurance solutions for subsea infrastructure for their deepwater clients.

ALASKA TEAMSTERS VOTE TO AUTHORIZE STRIKE AT AT&T

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Alascom workers represented by Teamsters Local 959 have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. The 175 tower climbers, technicians and other frontline workers who build, maintain and monitor Alaska's telecommunications infrastructure are taking a stand against AT&T's labor law violations and neglect of Alaskan communities.

Key Points: 
  • Frontline Workers Say AT&T Violates Federal Labor Law, Fails to Adequately Staff Critical Telecommunications Infrastructure in Alaska
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Alascom workers represented by Teamsters Local 959 have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike.
  • Sixty-four percent of Alaska AT&T customers who responded to the survey rated AT&T's services as "low" or "very low" quality.
  • "AT&T pockets billions of dollars but refuses to invest in workers or communities," said Sean M. O'Brien, Teamsters General President.
  • This strike vote is a wake-up call to AT&T, which continues to violate our rights and put critical telecom services at risk.

ALASKA TEAMSTERS STRIKE TO PROTEST AT&T'S LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Alascom workers who build, maintain and service AT&T telecommunications infrastructure in Alaska walked off the job on an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike late yesterday to protest AT&T's violations of federal labor laws that protect workers' rights. The workers, who are members of Teamsters Local 959, are objecting to unilateral changes to working conditions AT&T made without bargaining with their union.

Key Points: 
  • ULP Strike Could Impact Telecommunications Systems for Trans-Alaska Pipeline and U.S. Department of Defense Operations
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Alascom workers who build, maintain and service AT&T telecommunications infrastructure in Alaska walked off the job on an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike late yesterday to protest AT&T's violations of federal labor laws that protect workers' rights.
  • The workers, who are members of Teamsters Local 959, are objecting to unilateral changes to working conditions AT&T made without bargaining with their union.
  • "When working under an expired contract, federal law requires that the company bargain with workers' representatives before changing working conditions.
  • "They walked off the job as a wake-up call to demand that AT&T stop violating federal labor laws."