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Next bargaining session set for Roquette America
Posted: 11.19.2010 at 4:20 PM
Updated: 12.01.2010 at 4:55 PM
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Both sides will meet November 29, 30, 2010

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UPDATE: December 1 at 4:57 p.m.

The union representing the locked out workers of Roquette America says it's upset with the bargaining process.

In a news release, it claims Roquette took away some proposals that had already been agreed upon.

The release says the company did so because it's upset with recent news reports.

A spokesperson from Roquette has told KHQA it will not comment any further to the news media during the negotiating process.

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Tension is starting to build in Keokuk over the Roquette lock out.

The Daily Gate City newspaper reports an increase of police reports from Roquette America claiming harrassment and vandalism at its South Fifth Street plant entrance.

KHQA received a report of an alleged picket line incident involving a car and and a pedestrian.

A two-day bargaining session has been set for November 29th and 30th...20 days since the last time both sides met.

Union employees of Keokuk's Roquette plant have been locked out of their jobs for more than a month and a half.

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