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RURAL REFLECTIONS The harvest in four acts
I am writing specifically about the sugar beet harvest today however it could certainly pertain to any harvest. Act I Common Courtesy Everything means more at harvest time. People are cold, short on...
Posted on 10/20/12 at 6:08 AM
STAFF BLOG MIKKEL PATES' AG AT LARGE Peterson says Crystal talks good news, union may be adjusting language
U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., a champion of the sugar industry as ranking member on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, said it is good news that the two sides are planning to meet. He had n...
Posted on 8/24/11 at 4:24 PM
Locked-out Crystal workers 'overjoyed' after N.D. Supreme Court says state owes them benefits
In a reversal, the workers stand to get $4 million in unemployment benefits, which the state denied them after Crystal management locked them out in August 2011.
By Patrick Springer and Emily Welker , February 26, 2013
American Crystal pays fine, takes actions to reduce pollution at East Grand Forks facility
Moorhead-based American Crystal Sugar Co. has paid a $24,943 penalty and taken corrective actions to reduce air pollution from emissions at its East Grand Forks facility, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says.
By Forum News Service , January 25, 2013
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American Crystal talks crops at annual meeting
American Crystal Sugar Co.’s annual meeting was marked by another big crop and a historic, ongoing dispute with its labor union.
By Mikkel Pates , December 06, 2012
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Locked-out union workers to vote on Crystal contract offer Saturday
The union has scheduled a third vote Saturday on a contract that triggered the first labor impasse in 30 years at the largest sugar beet processor in the country. On Aug. 1, American Crystal kicked out about 1,300 workers in what a vice president called a proactive move.
By Associated Press , June 22, 2012
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Two days before union talks, sugar co-op leaders say they like replacement workers
Ten months after they locked out 1,300 Bakery Workers union members and two days before their next talks with the union over a new contract, the top brass of American Crystal Sugar Co. looked and spoke Wednesday as if they are sitting in the catbird seat.
By Stephen J. Lee , June 07, 2012
American Crystal workers, company ready for talks Friday
As a single mother of two and a four-year employee of American Crystal Sugar’s plant in Hillsboro, N.D., Rochelle Harley never had trouble making ends meet until the company’s lockout put her out of work 10 months ago. Harley and about 100 other workers rallied in front of American Crystal’s headquarters here Wednesday in the final stage of a 200-mile march that began last week.
By Marino Eccher , June 07, 2012
Catholic, Lutheran clergy lead prayers over Crystal labor impasse
With union members camping overnight here in a caravan bound for American Crystal Sugar Co.’s headquarters in Moorhead, people from both sides and several faiths in the long-running labor dispute over processing sugar beets met for prayer in the cathedral.
By Stephen J. Lee , June 03, 2012
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Locked-out workers to caravan
Locked-out American Crystal Sugar Co. workers said Tuesday they plan to travel 200 miles by foot and hay wagon to draw attention to the 10-month-old lockout.
By Herald Staff Report , May 30, 2012
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Berg says American Crystal has no plans to budge on offer
With the price of its 10-month-old lockout falling by the day and thousands of workers seeking jobs under the terms rejected by union employees, American Crystal Sugar has no plans — and little incentive — to budge from the contract offer it’s had on the table since last fall.
By Marino Eccher , May 25, 2012
Official: Union bringing ‘significant’ offer to Crystal negotiations
A Bakery Workers union official is saying that locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers will bring a counteroffer to the June 8 negotiations with the company. The counter offer will include “a new set of proposals to address their concerns since the last time we met,” Roger Delage, president of Local 2676 in Crookston, said today.
By Ryan Bakken , May 22, 2012
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