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The
union has been negotiating with Marathon, the country's largest
refiner by volume, for the past nine months, demanding better
pay and improved work schedules.
Marathon said it does not expect the strike to impact operations
at the facility.
"We are fully prepared and have implemented plans to continue
safely operating the facility," the company said in a statement.
Marathon's Detroit refinery has a crude oil refining capacity of
140,000 barrels per day, processing sweet and heavy sour crude
oils into products such as gasoline and distillates.
It employs about 273 Teamsters members, 95% of whom authorised
the strike, the union said.
The refinery has about 525 employees, including both union and
non-union workers.
(Reporting by Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita
Bhattacharjee)
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