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FILE PHOTO: General view of the Marathon petroleum refinery in Carson, California, U.S., December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
(Reuters) - U.S. refiner Marathon Petroleum Corp’s losses narrowed in the fourth quarter from the third, helped by a slight recovery in fuel demand on the back of easing COVID-19 restrictions and lower costs.
Demand for fuel has ticked up in recent months as more people traveled with many states and countries rolling back COVID-19 restrictions.
Like its rivals Valero and Phillips 66, Marathon Petroleum on Tuesday pinned economic recovery hopes on COVID-19 vaccine rollouts.
200 Teamsters on strike at St. Paul Park refinery Teamsters vote 167-4 to reject contract; talks resume Monday. January 22, 2021 7:06pm Text size Copy shortlink:
About 200 workers at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in St. Paul Park are on strike after overwhelmingly rejecting a contract they say would lead to a loss of union jobs.
A three-year contract between Teamsters Local 120 and Marathon expired Dec. 31, though union and management kept negotiating in January.
On Thursday, the union voted 167-4 to reject the company s last offer, said Scott Kroona, a business agent for Local 120. Workers went on strike following the vote. Marathon basically wants to gut the contract, Kroona said. The biggest problem is the subcontracting of jobs. Marathon wants to subcontract good union jobs to outstate contractors whose workers are clearly less skilled and qualified.