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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 CAPITOL CHATTER National AFL-CIO promises to pressure American Crystal Sugar
The 12 million member AFL-CIO labor federation is putting its muscle, and money, into the nearly year-long American Crystal Sugar Co. lockout. We will escalate this campaign for fairness and justic...
Posted on 7/25/12 at 7:20 PM
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND Mathern proposes lockout legislation
BISMARCK--Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, wants to see state legislators approve a bill that would allow workers in a lockout situation to be eligible to apply for unemployment benefits. Mathern sent an e...
Posted on 10/28/11 at 9:53 AM
STAFF BLOG MIKKELPATES.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
DRAGON NEWS A Sweet Boost for the Fourth
If you added up the crowds that have gathered for MSU Moorhead's Fourth of July fireworks show, you'd have a very big number. Over the course of almost four decades, hundreds of thousands have viewed ...
Posted on 10/27/10 at 11:32 AM
Crystal, union reps to meet June 8 
“We hope there will be negotiations; the last few times we met, they just listened,” said John Riskey, president of Local 167G, which represents locked-out workers at Crystal plants in East Grand Forks, Drayton, N.D., and Moorhead.
By Ryan Bakken , May 02, 2012
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Crystal: Union’s cost estimate of lockout too high
American Crystal Sugar Co. officials deny new union claims that a labor lockout has more than doubled processing costs for beets harvested in 2011.
By Mikkel Pates , April 26, 2012
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Crystal holds job fairs near Drayton plant
Seven months into its dispute with its union, American Crystal Sugar Co. is recruiting more local temporary workers. Union members monitoring the job fairs say few have responded.
March 08, 2012
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Man sues Crystal Sugar for $50,000
Dean Dauner says icy conditions at the Hillsboro, N.D., plant cause him to fall and put his hand through a window.
By Herald Staff Report , December 22, 2011
Prayer service aims to help heal Americal Crystal labor dispute
The American Crystal Sugar Co. labor dispute was the subject of a healing and reconciliation prayer service on Sunday presided over by Bishop Samuel Aquila of the Catholic Diocese of Fargo in Holy Family parish in Grand Forks.
By Stephen J. Lee , December 20, 2011
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Prayers to heal Crystal-labor rift
Bishop Samuel Aquila presided over Sunday service at Holy Family in Grand ForksUnited Lutheran Church plans its own prayer service on Wednesday. Also this week, donations for families of 1,300 workers locked-out in American Crystal dispute will come pouring in from union allies and other supporters.
By Stephen J. Lee , December 19, 2011
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Dayton’s call for Crystal negotiations unheeded
Crystal officials not talking; feds ask governor not to commentNegotiations were to take place today, but sources tell the Herald they will not.
By Stephen J. Lee , December 12, 2011
Crystal hiring replacement workers locally
Management says still hope to bring back union workersFor now, it's looking to hire more replacements, but hope to save on more from not having to pay room-and-board for out-of-town workers. One executive said American Crystal now recognizes that lock-out of union workers will last much longer than anticipated.
By Stephen J. Lee , November 21, 2011
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Crystal, union talks break down
No progress was made during talks between American Crystal Sugar Co. and union representatives for its 1,300 locked out employees at a Fargo hotel on Thursday.
August 25, 2011
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Non-union Crystal employees claim harassment
Two non-union American Crystal Sugar Co. workers claim they and a third non-union worker were called names and threatened with retribution by picketing union workers while holding up their own signs this week outside the company’s sugar processing plant in Hillsboro.
August 05, 2011
AMERICAN CRYSTAL LABOR DISPUTE: Benefits for some, not for others
Unemployment benefits for locked-out Crystal employees differ in N.D., MinnesotaLocked-out American Crystal Sugar Co. union employees have begun applying for unemployment benefits.
August 03, 2011
No talks scheduled as American Crystal plans to keep using replacement workers
There appears to be no end in sight to the labor impasse between American Crystal Sugar Co. and 1,300 union workers at its facilities in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.
August 02, 2011
Brian Ingulsrud, Moorhead, column: American Crystal explains its contract offer
The company’s goals are simple: We want a contract that maintains American Crystal’s position as a leading regional employer while also ensuring the long-term viability of the company in a highly competitive and volatile marketplace.
By Brian Ingulsrud , August 01, 2011
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- Union president statement: 'We're not asking for much'
Tracy Hampson, Hillsboro, N.D., letter: Give Crystal workers ‘a little job security’
American Crystal employees and their families are a huge part of the company — indeed, “its most valuable asset.”
We are only asking to be treated fairly.
By Tracy Hampson , July 29, 2011
Fire damages break room and boiler in American Crystal plant in East Grand Forks
A boiler fire broke out during the noon hour Thursday in a third-floor break room in the American Crystal Sugar Co. beet processing plant in East Grand Forks. Firefighters from East Grand Forks doused it within a couple hours and sugar-making was not interrupted.
By Herald Staff Report , April 14, 2011
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