It's over; Concarb, union look to future minus lockout

Rubber & Plastics News,  December, 2004  by Brad Dawson

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Byline: Brad Dawson

A 31/2-year lockout at Continental Carbon Co.'s Ponca City carbon black plant has ended, and the company and workers say they're ready to move forward.

Members of Local 5-857 of the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union ratified a new five-year contract Dec. 2 by a 3-1 margin. The deal is retroactive to Oct. 1 and will run through Sept. 30, 2009.

Continental Carbon locked out 86 Local 5-857 members May 8, 2001, when a three-year pact between the company and union expired. The dispute-the longest labor ...