PIKETON, Ohio - On March 6, 2004, PACE Local 5-689 and the United States Enrichment Corporation reached a tentative contract agreement. A ratification vote will be held for the membership on Wednesday, March 10, at the Pike County Fairgrounds Multi-purpose Building at 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m.

Approximately 560 USEC employees are members of the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers Local 5-689.

The United States Enrichment Corporation is a subsidiary of USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU), a global energy company and the world’s leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.

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