Striking Workers Say Brooklyn Oil Terminal Is ‘Playing Russian Roulette’ with Safety
Striking employees of United Metro Energy say management replaced them with workers who weren’t certified to operate the Brooklyn oil terminal, increasing the risk of an oil spill.
Inci Sayki · March 28, 2022

Teamsters Local 553 recording secretary Victor Castellano (left) joins two striking UMEC workers service technician John Thompson (center) and truck mechanic Mortadi Redouane(right) on the picket line outside the UMEC oil terminal in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. | Inci Sayki/New York Focus
Inci is a journalist covering social injustices in New York. She is currently a journalism masters student at Columbia Journalism School.
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