Union workers at Marathon Petroleum’s Martinez Renewables facility went on strike Monday amid negotiations for a new labor agreement, according to the company.

The strike by hourly employees represented by United Steelworkers Local 5 comes after four months of collective bargaining that has not resulted in a new agreement after the previous labor agreement between the refinery and union expired on Jan. 31, Marathon spokesperson Jamal Kheiry said.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.