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THE WEST WING Weekly Memo 4-19-13
Each Weekly Memo to the City Council and the agenda packet is also provided on theCity Councilweb page. WEEKLY UPDATE: Waste Water Treatment Update City staff and consultants met with Cal Tininenko...
Posted on 4/19/13 at 12:26 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: House to debate lockout unemployment payments
By Don Davis and Danielle Killey House members could soon debate whether companies have to pay unemployment through an entire employee lockout, such as the one at American Crystal Sugar. Bill author...
Posted on 3/21/13 at 7:05 PM
BEST FRIENDS ND DSU Professor Gets Canned
Dr. Peter Wilson, Dickinson State University assistant professor, spent part of his Labor Day weekend cleaning this collection bin on West 15th Street in Dickinson. Pete bagged up more than 200 pounds...
Posted on 9/5/12 at 9:23 AM
THE NEW FORTY Way to go Joe!
I love good news stories. In a world that has plenty of tragedy and daily reports of folks who are lying, stealing, cheating, or hurting others -I welcome a storythat reminds of the good in people. Su...
Posted on 9/2/12 at 9:06 PM
STAFF BLOG NIE ROCKS! Labor Day Word Search
Have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend! Here's a word search you can print and enjoy. http://legacy.grandforksherald.com/pdfs/LABOR%20DAY%20WORD%20SEARCH.pdf ...
Posted on 8/31/12 at 11:59 AM
Debra Kostrzewski and others, Argyle, Minn., letter: Board’s lockout takes fight to people’s homes 
It is the Crystal Sugar board, led by CEO Dave Berg, that has broken labor peace and taken this dispute to our homes by forcibly locking us out from our livelihoods.
By Debra Kostrzewski , September 13, 2012
Carla Kennedy and others, Grand Forks, letter: Crystal workers’ response is ‘honesty, not escalation’
When locked-out mothers and fathers are unable to provide for their children, and when those children feel threatened, measures must be taken.
By Carla Kennedy and others , September 13, 2012
OUR OPINION: Don’t demonstrate at people’s homes
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.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , September 06, 2012
Dawn Berry-Bloomquist, Drayton, N.D., letter: Lockout costs farmers big money
Farmers, please contact your board of directors. Sugar from the south could and is swallowing up the big contracts. Tour your own factories and check out your “replacements;” Let us keep the big contracts.
By Dawn Berry-Bloomquist , August 25, 2012
Dennis Hanson, Grand Forks, letter: Crystal solution could be to grandfather workers
The solution should have been to grandfather the current workers in and start new workers on a different insurance and pay scale. That way, Crystal wins and so do the locked-out workers.
By Dennis Hanson , August 19, 2012
OUR OPINION: ‘Peer comparisons’ paint flawed salary picture
Why are county and library managers so eager to make labor’s case?
And if managers are siding with labor in this classic and never-ending dispute, then who is speaking up for taxpayers?
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , August 16, 2012
Chris Halligan, Emerado, N.D., letter: Don't cry for sugar beet farmers
If a farmer is unable to go on vacation, what does he do in the winter? If he can’t take a day off from work, how does he attend the growers’ meetings, the Farm Fest, the Tioga Farm Festival, the Big Iron Farm Show or any of the many other farm-related 'picnics' going on?
By Chris Halligan , August 16, 2012
Mary Remore, Grand Forks, letter: Growers can and should end lockout
I am proud to be a trustee for the union. We have our own minds, and we can decide for ourselves if this contract is good or not good — and this contract is not good.
By Mary Remore , July 27, 2012
'We will escalate this campaign': AFL-CIO head pledges support for locked-out Crystal workers
The national AFL-CIO labor federation today announced it will add its support, and money, to union members locked out from American Crystal Sugar Co. for nearly a year.
By Don Davis , July 25, 2012
OUR OPINION: An unsweetened view of the lockout
What are the locked-out workers seeing about their situation that so many outside observers are missing?
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , June 25, 2012
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
David Carlsen, Stillwater, Minn., letter: Lockout disappoints former Crystal executive
As a former chief financial officer of American Crystal Sugar, I am very disappointed by the actions of American Crystal in its treatment of its factory employees.
By David Carlsen , June 15, 2012
Kay Marvig, Hawley, Minn., letter: Remembering when Crystal felt like family
'The Crystalizer' magazine showed many smiling faces.
It showed pride.
It’s sad to look back on all the good things the company and union shared back then compared with the way it is now.
By Kay Marvig , June 13, 2012
Becki Jacobson, Moorhead, letter: Losses affect everyone at Crystal, except ...
Crystal needs us back in there to do what we do best, and that is to make a good quality product and profits for the company.
Open the gate, and negotiate a fair and reasonable contract this time.
By Becki Jacobson , June 06, 2012
Diann Bratlie, Grafton, N.D., letter: ‘Negotiation,’ yes; ‘ultimatum,’ no
By Diann Bratlie , June 01, 2012
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