Union Oks contract with Titan Tire in Des Moines

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-titantire-contrac,0,5635188.story

Associated Press

9:34 a.m. CST, December 24, 2010

DES MOINES, Iowa —
Members of a local United Steelworkers union have approved a two-year contract with Titan Tire, ending a one-week shutdown at the Des Moines plant.

The Des Moines Register says the 500 members of Local 164 approved the deal on Thursday. Local union chief Mike Mathis says the vote was by a majority, and workers will return to work Sunday night.

The shutdown began when management locked the doors at the plant on Dec. 17 after contract talks failed.

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