The union steward had just recounted an incident where a supervisor asked one of his workers to step into standing water to work on corroded gauges near the coker. The work needed to be done immediately as it would delay ongoing maintenance on the fractionator to take on different stock feed.

AD, the contractor and industrial products wholesale buying / marketing group, announced the completion of the transition of ownership from AD’s long-time Chairman & CEO, Bill Weisberg, to the buying group’s distributor members.

There's been a lot of talk recently about the role and responsibilities of businesses in today's society. It is a topic former President Obama spoke about in his final State of the Union address, and something former Labor Secretary Perez was passionate about. It's not a new concept. Just ask Henry Ford.

Published predictions today talk more often about “steady activity” and “cautious optimism” – significantly less bullish than the predictions we would have heard a few years ago.