NEW YORK, Nov 4(Reuters) - Marathon Petroleum Corp ( MPC )

and the Teamsters union, which represents hundreds of

refinery workers, will resume labor contract negotiations this

week as a strike at the refiner's Detroit facility enters a

second month.

A new round of contract negotiations between Marathon and

the union is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 7, said Steve Hicks,

President of Teamsters Local 283, following weeks of a

standstill.

The local represents 273 workers at the Detroit refinery,

95% of whom authorized the strike.

More than 200 Teamsters at Marathon's Detroit refinery

called for the strike on Sept. 4 after months of pay- and

safety-related negotiations and mediations with the refiner

yielded no results.

The prior contract expired in January 2024.

"We remain committed to stay out here as long as it

takes Marathon to make a fair offer," a union member told

Reuters. "We are coming to realize the company does not really

respect or appreciate the work we do safely on a daily basis

that helps this company make billions of dollars each year."

Marathon representatives and the Teamsters had several

negotiating sessions under a federal mediator since workers

walked off the job in September.

"The company and the union have engaged in collective

bargaining since Dec 4, 2023, and Marathon has negotiated in

good faith throughout the bargaining process," a Marathon

spokesperson said.

Marathon began planned turnaround activities at the Detroit

refinery in early September. The refiner brought in workers from

outside Detroit to replace the workers on strike, something

union representatives criticized as jeopardizing safety.

"The Marathon employees currently running the refinery

and supporting our turnaround have a combined average of more

than 15 years of experience, which exceeds the average

experience of the employees currently on strike," a Marathon

spokesperson said, adding the Detroit refinery's trained

emergency response teams continue to be staffed and equipped to

address any issues.

The 140,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Detroit refinery is one of

Marathon's 13 refineries with approximately 2.9 million bpd of

crude oil refining capacity

Marathon is set to report its third-quarter earnings on

Tuesday.