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Union chief says U.S.refinery strike could spread

Reuters - UK Focus

HOUSTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - United Steelworkers union (USW) International President Leo Gerard said on Tuesday that the U.S. refinery strike could spread if talks do not resume soon.

A total of 6,550 USW members are on strike at 15 plants, including 12 refineries accounting for one-fifth of U.S. capacity.

"(The strike spreading) depends on what happens in the next round of negotiations and that those negotiations resume fairly quickly," Gerard in a telephone news conference from Atlanta (BSE: ATLANTA.BO - news) . (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)