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DAVID BERG: Sour column ignores realities of world sugar trade

DAVID BERG: Sour column ignores realities of world sugar trade The free-trade fantasy world that columnist George Will lives in must be a very pleasant place. But it doesn’t sound a lot like the real world where American sugar producers make their living.

By David Berg , June 12, 2013

American Crystal Sugar execs say no to meeting with locked out union members PressPass

American Crystal Sugar execs say no to meeting with locked out union members American Crystal Sugar Co. representatives will not be attending a proposed public meeting with locked-out Bakery Workers Union members later this month, a company attorney said Thursday.

August 09, 2012

Crystal workers ask CEO to meeting PressPass

Crystal workers ask CEO to meeting The head union negotiator representing locked out American Crystal Sugar workers has invited the CEO of that company to talk to union members about Crystal’s contract offer later this month in East Grand Forks.

August 08, 2012

Two days before union talks, sugar co-op leaders say they like replacement workers PressPass

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

Berg says American Crystal has no plans to budge on offer PressPass

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

Hitler as American Crystal Sugar’s David Berg? YouTube spoof has lockout ending badly for company PressPass

Hitler as American Crystal Sugar’s David Berg? YouTube spoof has lockout ending badly for company American Crystal Sugar Co. managers are the latest group lampooned through an edited YouTube clip taken from a film about the last days of Adolph Hitler. In the latest version, posted on YouTube this week, Hitler is Crystal Sugar President David Berg, ranting to aides crowded into his bunker about the cost and duration of the lockout, now in its seventh month.

By Chuck Haga , January 12, 2012

Trio of brothers start New Year pedaling through Mexico PressPass

Trio of brothers start New Year pedaling through Mexico The Berg brothers, the Starkweather, N.D., natives who are bicycling from Alaska to Argentina to raise money for Habitat for Humanity, are beginning the New Year by pedaling through Mexico.

By Kevin Bonham , January 01, 2012

American Crystal Sugar CEO anticipates deal to end lockout PressPass

American Crystal Sugar CEO anticipates deal to end lockout Berg at annual meeting: Company, workers will ‘get over it’
American Crystal Sugar President and CEO David Berg talked Thursday about when – not if – the company will resolve differences with locked-out workers.

By Dave Olson , December 02, 2011

Berg brothers cycle across Canadian border on southbound journey to Argentina PressPass

Berg brothers cycle across Canadian border on southbound journey to Argentina They’ve been traveling through eastern Washington state this past week, heading toward Portland, Ore., their next temporary destination on “Bound South: Three Brothers’ Expedition from Alaska to Argentina,” a 20,000-mile adventure that will last until May 2012.

By Kevin Bonham , October 14, 2011

On the way to Argentina PressPass

On the way to Argentina Starkweather, N.D., brothers document their 20,000-mile bike trip to raise money for Habitat for Humanity
Three North Dakota brothers are in the middle of their second leg of a 20,000-mile bicycle odyssey along the Pan American Highway from Alaska to Argentina.

By Kevin Bonham , September 05, 2011

Judge makes no immediate ruling on Roundup Ready sugar beet seed PressPass

Attorneys told the president of American Crystal Sugar Co. that a federal judge in San Francisco on Friday made no decision but rather took under advisement the request to halt immediately the use of any Roundup Ready sugar beet seed.

By Stephen J. Lee , March 05, 2010

American Crystal: Sugar beet payments will be down because of bad growing season, low sugar PressPass

American Crystal: Sugar beet payments will be down because of bad growing season, low sugar FARGO – Thanks to miserable weather, revenue from this fall’s sugar beet harvest won’t be nearly as sweet for American Crystal Sugar growers as last year.

By Craig McEwen , December 03, 2009

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