UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): December 6, 2010
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 0001-32892 | 20-3547095 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
1200 Abernathy Road, Suite 1200
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(770) 206-4200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable.
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events |
On December 4, 2010, Local No. 2140 of the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (“Local 2140”) rejected proposed collective bargaining agreements covering production workers at the United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC (“U.S. Pipe”) facility located in Bessemer, Alabama, and the adjacent Marvel City Mini-Mill facility. On December 5, 2010, Local 2140 commenced an economic strike at those facilities.
U.S. Pipe’s collective bargaining agreements with Local 2140 at those facilities expired on October 31, 2010, but members of Local 2140 continued working under extensions of the agreements until the strike commenced.
On December 4, 2010, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (District Lodge No. 75 and Local Lodge No. 359) ratified a new collective bargaining agreement covering maintenance workers at the same U.S. Pipe facilities on substantially similar economic terms as the agreement rejected by Local 2140. Negotiations are ongoing with the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, Lodge No. 584 and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Lodge No. 136 for new collective bargaining agreements covering these facilities.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: December 9, 2010 | MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Robert Barker | |||
| Robert Barker | ||||
| General Counsel | ||||
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