Union wants speedy resolution to AK lockout

AK Steel and the Middletown union went to the bargaining table again Wednesday, negotiating for nearly four hours. Armco Employees Independent Federation president Brian Daley told a retirees' meeting Wednesday, "We want to make a quick resolution and the quicker it's settled, the better." AK Steel told press Wednesday that more proposals will be exchanged at the next bargaining session, which has not been scheduled yet. The 2'700 hourly workers at AK's Middletown works have now been locked out of the plant for over six weeks.