By TERRY KINNEY MIDDLETOWN, Ohio - The union president who led workers during a nearly 13-month lockout at AK Steel Holding Corp.'s biggest mill says he will not run for another term. "I'm looking to retire," Brian Daley told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday.

By LISA CORNWELL MIDDLETOWN, Ohio - A piece of cardboard propped on a bench outside the union hall with "It's Over" hastily scrawled across it seemed to say it all. AK Steel workers were going back to work.

By Dave Greber, Middletown Journal, Ohio Feb. 3--MIDDLETOWN -- As investigations continued Friday into the alleged misuse and possible theft of thousands of dollars in union benefit money to locked-out AK Steel Corp. employees, the leader of the Middletown union hall said incidents are few.

MIDDLETOWN -- The union that represents hourly workers at AK Steel Corp.'s Middletown Works is investigating allegations that some benefit checks intended for locked-out members may have been cashed by other people.

By TERRY KINNEY MIDDLETOWN, Ohio - With the lockout at AK Steel's Middletown Works entering its 11th month, leaders of the union representing some 1,800 workers have done an about-face. They are now embracing contract terms that members overwhelmingly rejected in October.