Marathon Detroit Refinery Workers Returning After Strike

Union workers at Marathon Petroleum’s 140,000 b/d Detroit refinery are returning to work after the company reached a seven-year deal with Teamsters Local 283, ending a strike that began in early September

• Striking union workers are returning Monday-Wednesday, Teamsters Local 283 President Steve Hicks says in interview
• Marathon pushed for the agreement to last seven years, an unusually long term, according to Hicks
• Deal includes “significant wage increases, Teamsters health care, and a union pension,” union says in a post on X
• Agreement was “mutually beneficial”: Marathon spokesperson Jamal Kheiry
• Refinery employs about 525 workers and processes sweet and heavy ...