Union: A.P. Green lockout is over
The Pittsburgh-based United Steelworkers Union said a lockout involving three Mid-Missouri A.P. Green plants is over, after members of Local 790 voted Monday morning to ratify a deal.
USW spokeswoman Lynne Hancock told ABC 17 News there was a union meeting Monday morning, and that 91 of the 93 affected employees attended. She says the deal passed by a “significant margin”. On Friday, Hancock believed the total number was 95.
Hancock said workers at the three plants will return to work Monday evening. The three plants are the A.P. Green rotary kiln and brick plants in Fulton, and the machine shop in Audrain County.
Hancock said the lockout began Thursday evening at about 8. ABC 17 News has left a message for the A.P. Green plant manager in Fulton, and we’re waiting to hear back.
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The Pittsburgh-based United Steelworkers Union said a total of 95 A.P. Green employees are locked out in Fulton and in Mexico, Missouri. A.P. Green is also known as Harbison-Walker Refractories.
USW spokeswoman Lynne Hancock tells ABC 17 News members of United Steelworkers Union Local 790 have been locked out at three plants: the A.P. Green rotary kiln and brick plants in Fulton, and the machine shop in Audrain County.
Hancock said the lockout began Thursday evening at about 8. She does not have specific numbers on how many employees work in each plant.
Fulton Area Development Corporation President Bruce Hackmann said he was unaware of the lockout until ABC 17 News contacted him Friday afternoon. We have left multiple messages with the A.P. Green Fulton facility, but our calls have not been returned yet.
