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Union chief says U.S. refinery strike could spread

Reuters - UK Focus

(Adds from news conference, details, background)

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) .

No date has been set to resume talks between the USW and Shell Oil Co, the U.S. arm of Royal Dutch Shell Plc (Xetra: R6C1.DE - news) , the lead oil company negotiator, Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) spokesman Ray Fisher said on Tuesday.

The talks broke off on Friday, after which the USW ordered workers at three Motiva refineries, including the nation's largest, which are co-owned by Shell, to walk off the job. (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Alan Crosby)