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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 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...
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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 ...
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Crystal workers to vote on contract June 23 
Locked-out Bakery Workers union members decided today to vote again on American Crystal Sugar Co.’s offer of a new five-year contract. The decision was finalized late Thursday afternoon, after the last of factory district meetings was held in Crookston, he said.
By Stephen J. Lee , June 14, 2012
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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
American Crystal, union representatives try to restart talks
American Crystal Sugar and union representatives meet Friday in attempt to restart contract talks in a dispute that has locked out workers and dragged on for 10 months.
By Associated Press , June 08, 2012
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
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
Crystal Sugar, union returning to bargaining table
Locked-out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. are in the middle of a 200-mile trek to the negotiating table, but the company says it could be a long walk for a short meeting.
By Associated Press , June 04, 2012
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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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Diann Bratlie, Grafton, N.D., letter: ‘Negotiation,’ yes; ‘ultimatum,’ no
By Diann Bratlie , June 01, 2012
Locked-out Crystal workers take message on the road
About two dozen union supporters rallied along the Red River here before beginning a 200-mile, week-long pilgrimage of sorts following a hay wagon to the other four towns with American Crystal Sugar Co. processing factories.
By Stephen J. Lee , May 31, 2012
Crystal union lobbies for give and take in talks
American Crystal Sugar union leaders say they’re willing to give on some key sticking points when they sit down for talks with company management next week, but need a similar attitude from the other side of the negotiating table to make progress toward ending the 10-month-old lockout.
By Marino Eccher , May 31, 2012
Crookston bishop hosts prayer service for Crystal dispute
As a young priest, Bishop Hoeppner, head of the Catholic Diocese of Crookston, saw firsthand the impact of a bitter labor dispute in Austin, Minn. That’s why it’s important to pray that such conflicts don’t rise out of the dispute between American Crystal Co. and the Bakery Workers union, he said. The bishop is hosting a prayer service Sunday in Crookston, ahead of scheduled talks between management and union representatives on June 8.
By Stephen J. Lee , May 30, 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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