The contract will run through August 31, 2009. The previous contract had been in effect since September 1, 2005 and expired on August 31 of this year.
Acceptance of the reinstated contract was put into effect by the local after members rejected a new two-year labor agreement proposed by the company. The local has 148 members.
Atchison, Kansas-based MGP Ingredients processes wheat proteins, wheat starches, wheat gluten, wheat starch, and food grade and fuel grade alcohol at the Atchison facility.
The company has dual production facilities at its Pekin, Illinois, plant, and also produces a line of textured wheat proteins and plant-based biopolymers at its facilities in Kansas City, Kansas, and Onaga, Kansas, respectively. None of these locations were affected by the union's decision to strike at the Atchison plant.
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