The strike at Latrobe Specialty Steel that turned into a lockout three months ago will be over next week.

The members of United Steelworkers Local 1537 voted in favor of an agreement that will put them back on the job Monday with a $6,000 bonus by Aug. 1, a $5,000 bonus next year, and raises of 50 cents an hour the third year of the contract.

The union went out on strike May 1 but members voted on May 9 to go back to work while their negotiators worked with management to come to terms on a new agreement. Management, however, turned down the offer, turning the strike into a lockout, which meant the workers were granted unemployment compensation.

The company originally offered workers a $6,000 bonus the first year and a $5,000 bonus for each of the next two years, but the workers, who in the months before the strike had been working six days a week and extra shifts, wanted hourly increases instead. The new contract, which includes the hourly increase in the third year, also contains a clause that gives the union the right to renegotiate wages after three years.

Another issue in negotiations was a two-tier wage system, which was not eliminated in the final settlement. Howard Scott, a spokesman for the United Steelworkers, said new hires will be brought on at 80 percent of full salary, which will increase to full salary by the end of the contract.

The contact only passed by nine votes of the 309 members who voted.

"The members still had a lot of fight left in them," Mr. Scott said.

Hans Sack, the Chief Executive Officer of Latrobe Steel, said the company was glad to have its hourly workers coming back.

"We have reached an agreement that enhances our competitive position. This agreement ensures five years of labor stability," he said in a prepared statement. "Our focus now will be on creating a high-performance culture and to enhance our position as a leading global metals producer."

"We continued to make steel, ship steel and meet our customers needs," said Lisa Pierce, a spokeswoman for the company.

When asked for details on the negotiations, she said "the company feels they do not want to comment further on this."

In another local labor dispute, the workers who have been locked out at Calgon Carbon's Neville Island plant voted last night to approve a contract with the company.

The 60 members of the United Steelworkers Local 5032 were locked out of their jobs March 1 when their contract expired.