By Nicole Jao
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Marathon Petroleum and the Teamsters union, which represents refinery workers in Detroit, Michigan, are at a standstill as negotiations for a new labor agreement stagnate and the strike at the plant enters its third week.
More than 200 Teamsters at Marathon’s Detroit refinery called for an economic strike on Sept. 4 after nine months of pay- and safety-related negotiations and mediation with Marathon failed to reach agreement. The prior contract expired in January…