LABOR DISPUTE
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Locked-out Crystal workers in North Dakota wait for benefits details 
A union leader representing locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers said 420 of them are eligible for unemployment benefits, made possible by a North Dakota Supreme Court decision Tuesday, and he is asking the state tell them soon when payments will come.
By Christopher Bjorke , February 27, 2013
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N.D. lawmakers mull unemployment benefits for locked out workers
A handful of locked-out American Crystal employees addressed the issue with lawmakers during the first hearing of Senate Bill 2224, sponsored by Sen. Murphy, which would clarify current law and extend unemployment insurance benefits to an individual that has been locked out and prevented from working.
By TJ Jerke , January 29, 2013
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SHAR KNUTSON: Lockout law firm hurts workers, employers
Lockout. It’s a word we’re all too familiar with in Minnesota. First, let’s be clear what a lockout is: It’s the opposite of a strike. The employer withholds work in order to gain concessions from workers.
By Shar Knutson , January 09, 2013
NHL says 48-game regular season is 'most likely'
The NHL appears headed toward a 48-game season for the second time in two decades. "I think 48 is most likely at this point, unless the players can expedite their ratification process," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly wrote in an email Monday to The Associated Press.
By Larry Lage , January 07, 2013
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American Crystal: Union may vote soon on contract
American Crystal Sugar management is expecting locked-out union workers to vote again on a labor contract in a little more than a week. In the past thre votes, including the one that led to the workers' lockout Aug. 1, union members have voted overwhelmingly against the contract.
By Christopher Bjorke , November 21, 2012
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Union tries new ways to win sympathy, but will it work?
Union leaders and management officials claim the public is on their side, but labor experts say public opinion has limited impact in labor disputes.
By Christopher Bjorke , October 21, 2012
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Despite union lockout, boycott, beet harvest rumbles on
Sugar beet farmers in the Red River Valley are busy harvesting a bumper crop this fall, the second harvest since American Crystal Sugar locked 1,300 union workers out of its five factories in a labor dispute. Unions hope a national consumer boycott against Crystal Sugar will pressure the company to settle, but the beet farmers who own the American Crystal Sugar cooperative are not feeling that pressure.
By Dan Gunderson , October 20, 2012
In labor disputes, management’s leverage on the rise
Once upon a time, the notion of booting employees off the job in a lockout was so rare it was closer to myth than reality, according to UND business professor Bruce Byars. Today, the tactic is a well-honed weapon in the corporate arsenal, readily deployed against everyone from sugar beet processors to professional hockey players.
By Marino Eccher , September 30, 2012
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Crystal workers put pressure on board members
Locked-out workers demonstrated in front of the homes of American Crystal Sugar Co. directors Wednesday for the second day in a row, in a bid to drive home the lockout’s human toll.
By Marino Eccher , September 06, 2012
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Crystal workers rally, hope growers will join them
About 200 people showed up at a meeting held by locked-out American Crystal Sugar Co. workers Saturday in East Grand Forks, though the person they really wanted to see wasn’t there.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , August 18, 2012
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Union members reject American Crystal contract a third time
With 82 percent of Bakery Workers union members voting, 63 percent voted against the contract. The labor dispute has been ongoing since July 31 when members first voted on the contract. Since then, about 1,300 workers have been locked out and management has hired temporary replacement workers.
June 23, 2012
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Did American Crystal break the union?
There are few easy answers for locked-out American Crystal Sugar Co. workers, who will vote Saturday on a contract they rejected emphatically last November.
By Marino Eccher , June 16, 2012
Crystal exec: No change in contract offer
American Crystal Sugar has agreed to sit down with the Bakery Workers union and a federal mediator June 8, “but our final offer is our final offer,” ACS spokesman Brian Ingulsrud said Thursday.
By Ryan Bakken , May 03, 2012
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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 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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