USW, Marathon start labour contract talks

摘要

Representatives of the United Steelworkers (USW) entered into contract negotiations on 13 January with a number of US oil refneries and chemical plants being represented by Marathon Petroleum. The current three-year collective bargaining agreement, which covers approximately 30,000 union members nationwide, is set to expire on 1 February. Both sides confrmed to Argus talks had commenced but did not comment further regarding specifcs of the negotiations.