Inside the nearly five-month labor lockout at BP's Whiting refinery

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Jessica Skalka, 37, rounded the corner of a homemade bar in her dad’s garage, passing a framed collage of cutout newspaper clips marking the end of the 99-day strike at BP’s Whiting, Indiana, refin

BP has locked out about 800 refinery workers in Whiting without pay for months. The hardline tactic is raising fears about the future of union power.