Valero Refining Company will begin laying off hundreds of workers at its Benicia refinery this spring.
In a regulatory letter filed Tuesday with state and local officials, Valero said it expects to permanently idle refinery processing units at the Benicia facility and lay off 237 of its 348 employees between March 15 and July 1.
“The employees at the plant are not represented by a union and do not have bumping rights. We do not plan to coordinate services with the local workforce development board or any other entity,” Lauren Bird, Valero’s vice president and general manager, wrote in the letter to officials…