Form 8-K

 

 

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 13, 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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events

On December 11, 2010, the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union and its Local Union No. 2140 (“Local 2140”) approved the 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 and ended the strike that had commenced on December 5, 2010. The agreement was substantially the same as the agreement rejected by Local 2140 on December 4, 2010.

On December 13, 2010, members of Local 2140 returned to their regular scheduled shift.

 

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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 15, 2010   MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Robert Barker

    Robert Barker
    General Counsel

 

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