Representatives from Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. and the United Steelworkers union are scheduled to meet Dec. 2 to resume talks to try to settle a six-month-long strike at the company's bar mill in Cambridge, Ontario.

About 200 hourly employees walked off the job May 15 when their collective bargaining agreement expired and talks on a new contract broke down (AMM, May 20). A settlement offer presented by...