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January 24, 2013 in DL-Online
A lockout of 1,300 workers in the Red River Valley has become evidence for Minnesota Legislature Democrats as they draw up bills to restrict the management practice. Continue Reading
December 6, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Leaders of the union representing locked-out American Crystal Sugar were barred from presenting what they say is 100,000 petition signatures urging an end to a dispute that has lasted more than 16 months.
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November 19, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Dennis Dipple finally finished digging his sugar beets Monday, only one day earlier than his father’s latest beet harvest 53 years ago, he said. Continue Reading
November 2, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
With 89 percent of its planted acres safely harvested and piled, American Crystal Sugar Co. on Thursday implemented a new “frost quota,” allowing at least a small percentage of frost-damaged beets in the far north to be brought in. Continue Reading
October 20, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Sugar beet farmers in the Red River Valley are busy harvesting a bumper crop this fall, the second harvest since American Crystal Sugar locked 1,300 union workers out of its five factories in a labor dispute. Unions hope a national consumer boycott against Crystal Sugar will pressure the company to settle, but the beet farmers who own the American Crystal Sugar cooperative are not feeling that pressure. Continue Reading
October 2, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The AFL-CIO has endorsed a nationwide consumer boycott of American Crystal Sugar products to protest its 14-month lockout of union workers. Continue Reading
October 1, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A lawmaker says he’s expecting the North Dakota Legislature to take up the issue of whether workers who are locked out of their jobs should get unemployment benefits. Continue Reading
September 19, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
An American Crystal Sugar Co. executive says the company’s replacement workers are doing well in handling this fall’s sugar beet harvest. Continue Reading
September 6, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
An unwritten rule in labor disputes is that workers and managers should respect each others’ homes. Argue forcefully, demonstrate loudly and organize effectively but don’t take the clash to people’s homes. Continue Reading
August 17, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
It may be time to bring in a “new high level mediator” to help resolve the year-long labor dispute between American Crystal Sugar Co. and unionized workers, four Minnesota members of Congress suggested Thursday. Continue Reading
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