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Published in TZ Latest News 6 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Building unions return to Kentucky refinery despite Steelworkers’ Picketlines

Workers represented by the Building Trades Unions will return to Marathon Petroleum Corp’s (MPC.N) refinery in Catlettsburg, Kentucky on Monday, even as a strike by the United Steelworkers drags into a second week, documents obtained by Reuters show. The USW began a strike Feb. 1 at nine refineries and chemical plants, including Marathon’s 240,000 barrel-a-day Kentucky plant. Buildings Trades Unions’ workers will not be replacing striking workers’ running the plant, according to the letter.

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