With help from FMCS mediator Conrad Bowling, unions representing workers at the Clifford-Jacobs facility north of Champaign, IL and the employer have reached an agreement to end a five-month lockout.  The four-year agreement covers workers at the plant represented by  the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 601, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, Local 1626 and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 1000.

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