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Marathon, Teamsters to resume agreement talks as Detroit refinery strike gets in 2nd month

Marathon Petroleum Corp. and the Teamsters union, which represents numerous. refinery workers, will resume labor agreement settlements this. week as a strike at the refiner's Detroit center enters a. 2nd month.

A brand-new round of agreement settlements between Marathon and. the union is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 7, said Steve Hicks,. President of Teamsters Local 283, following weeks of a. grinding halt.

The local represents 273 employees at the Detroit refinery,. 95% of whom authorized the strike.

More than 200 Teamsters at Marathon's Detroit refinery. required the strike on Sept. 4 after months of pay- and. safety-related settlements and mediations with the refiner. yielded no outcomes.

The previous agreement expired in January 2024.

We remain committed to stay out here as long as it. takes Marathon to make a reasonable deal, a union member told. Reuters. We are pertaining to realize the business does not truly. regard or value the work we do securely on a daily basis. that assists this company make billions of dollars each year.

Marathon agents and the Teamsters had a number of. negotiating sessions under a federal arbitrator given that employees. walked off the task in September.

The company and the union have actually participated in collective. bargaining because Dec 4, 2023, and Marathon has worked out in. great faith throughout the bargaining process, a Marathon. spokesperson stated.

Marathon started prepared turn-around activities at the Detroit. refinery in early September. The refiner generated workers from. outside Detroit to replace the employees on strike, something. union representatives criticized as endangering safety.

The Marathon staff members currently running the refinery. and supporting our turnaround have an integrated average of more. than 15 years of experience, which surpasses the average. experience of the staff members currently on strike, a Marathon. representative stated, adding the Detroit refinery's trained. emergency situation response groups continue to be staffed and equipped to. address any problems.

The 140,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Detroit refinery is among. Marathon's 13 refineries with approximately 2.9 million bpd of. petroleum refining capacity

Marathon is set to report its third-quarter revenues on. Tuesday.

(source: Reuters)