11.   Middletown-based AK Steel, which bought Armco a month after the lockout started, has used nonunion replacement workers to continue making steel for auto emission systems.

12.   The move comes amid growing controversy over a tougher auto emissions system that forced long lines and long waiting times.

13.   Weinstein said remaining delays are not nearly as bad as those that greeted motorists last December, when Parsons inaugurated the enhanced auto emissions system statewide.