Statement from OCAW Rep. at UNOCAL

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"The following is the text of a presentation made on behalf of the one
hundred former members of our Local who were abandoned by Unocal and
subsequently "downsized" by Tosco earlier last year, which was made by
Local 1-675 President Kelly Quinn at the Unocal Corporation Annual
Shareholder Meeting on June 1, 1998:

Mr. Chairman, members of the Board of Directors, ladies and gentlemen, My
name is Kelly Joseph Quinn.   I am President of Oil, Chemical and Atomic
Workers International Union Local 1-675, located in Carson, California.

Our Local Union represents hundreds of former Unocal employees and
retirees, many of whom have most of their meager life savings currently
invested in Unocal Stock Certificates.    I speak on behalf of Resolution
5, which was submitted by one of our retired members, Mr. Frank Munoz of
Wilmington, California.   This resolution requires that a Committee of
outside Directors of the Company conduct extensive research, and
subsequently publish a written report later this year, relative to:

A.  Allegations that one of Unocal's business partners in Burma, the
Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) has in the past, and is currently
serving as a conduit for illegal drug-money laundering in Burma.

B. The extent to which Company officials have been aware of any facts
linking MOGE to illegal drug-money laundering operations.

C. Recommending a course of action for the Unocal Board of Directors to
take, based upon the findings of the Committee.

The Company has already formally taken the position that this Resolution
lacks merit.   It is clear to the Resolution's proponents that Unocal wants
nothing to do with conducting a review of MOGE's alleged "illegal business
practices", since any such investigations might very well end of reflecting
poorly upon their own.    With millions and millions of shares of Unocal
Stock under both the direct and indirect control of the Board of Directors,
it is also painfully clear to us that the Board will make certain by proxy
that it will be defeated in a resounding fashion.

Regardless of the Company's stated position, we believe that this
Resolution does have considerable merit.   We also believe that the
shareholders are already beginning to suffer as a result of the Board's
questionable decision making processes.   Standard & Poor's rating of
Unocal's current Stock and Bond offerings has recently been reduced from
"Stable" to "Negative", probably for the first time in the Company's
history and certainly a reflection of its present course.   We feel that
the Board is indeed placing the Company's reputation, future economic
viability and shareholder assets at great risk by recommending a vote
against this Resolution.   Just listen for a moment to what our own
government is saying about the connections between drugs, money laundering,
"legitimate business ventures", the current Burmese military government and
the state-owned companies such as MOGE which it operates and controls:

U.S. Secretary of State, Madeliene Albright stated earlier this year:
"Burma is the only member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
where the government protects and profits from the drug trade.   In fact,
Burma's top traffickers have become leading investors in its economy and
leading lights in its new political order.   We are concerned that Burma'
drug traffickers, with official encouragement, are laundering their profits
through Burmese banks and companies -- some of which are joint ventures
with foreign business.   Drug-money has become so pervasive in Burma that
it taints legitimate investment and threatens the region as a whole."

Are the proponents of this Resolution missing something Mr. Chairman?   One
of our country's highest and most internationally respected officials has
been quoted in the press saying that the Burmese military government (SPDC)
directly protects and profits from the drug trade and encourages drug
traffickers to invest in legitimate business ventures, as a means to
launder their drug profits.   The SPDC directly controls all oil and gas
exploration and development contracts through the state/military-owned
MOGE, which is Unocal's principle business partner in Burma.   These
allegations are not being made by some wacked-out television Talk Show
Host, Mr. Chairman, but by the top official in the US State Department!

There is more at stake here than the Company's business reputation and the
future value of its shareholder assets.   According to many of our retired
members, Unocal was once a company which they considered to be responsible
U.S. corporate citizen.   Unocal was once a company which was proud of its
record of complying not just with "the law", but also with its intent and
spirit.   The proponents of this Resolution believe that Unocal, through
the actions recently taken, and now being shamefully defended by its Board
of Directors, is steadily evolving into a company which will soon be
entirely devoid of principle.   Let the record show that if Unocal's
present course continues, we believe that its shareholders will soon be
holding Stock Certificates which have been sold to them by a company on the
verge of complete moral and ethical bankruptcy.

History will ultimately review the dubious relationship between Unocal
Corporation and the current fascist military government of Burma,
regardless of the Board's wishes.   Judging from your carefully crafted
opening remarks this morning, relative to  all of the wonderful things
which the Company has already done to improve the lives of the Burmese
people -- thousands of whom are fleeing the country as I speak these very
words today -- I'm afraid that the picture which history will end of
painting of the once proud Union Oil Company of California will not be a
very pretty one.    The proponents recommend a vote in favor of Resolution
5.  Your move, Mr. Chairman.    "






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Kevin Rudiger
Burma Forum, Los Angeles
Campaign for Corporate Withdrawal
2118 Wilshire Blvd #383
Santa Monica, CA 90403
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