Locked Out Allegheny Technologies Workers Returning To Work

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Some 2,200 United Steelworkers have begun returning to work one day before the seven-month anniversary of being locked out in a contract dispute with Allegheny Technologies.

The union voted earlier this month to approve a four-year contract with the Pittsburgh-based specialty steelmaker, which has 12 plants in Pennsylvania and five other states. The company locked out the workers on Aug. 15 after contract talks stalled.

About 1,500 of those locked out work at six plants in the Pittsburgh suburbs, including two plants the company says will remain idled until they can turn a profit.

The National Labor Relations Board had to approve the contract because it filed unfair labor practice allegations against the company during the lockout.

The workers on Monday began returning to work gradually as production ramps up.

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