MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) -- Union members have rejected the latest contract offer from Grain Processing Corp. in Muscatine.
Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 86D rejected the proposal in a vote on Saturday.
About 360 workers have been locked out of the plant since Aug. 22 after the two sides failed to reach an agreement.
Union members have picketed the plant since the lockout, and the plant has continued operations with non-union employees and workers brought in from other GPC plans as well temporary workers.
Company spokesman Janet Sichterman says management is disappointed in the vote. She says the company will take time to determine its next step.
No meetings between the two sides have been scheduled.
