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Letter: We’ll use Hawaii sugar for holiday cookies this year
I have been following the Crystal Sugar lockout from a distance, and it really seems like the company is being excessively harsh and unfair with workers.
Friday, October, 19, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
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I have been following the Crystal Sugar lockout from a distance, and it really seems like the company is being excessively harsh and unfair with workers.
Friday, October, 19, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Locked-out workers seek to put pressure on Crystal board members
Demonstrations in front of directors’ homes to continue indefinitely
CROOKSTON, Minn. – As the American Crystal Sugar lockout drags into its 13th month, union members are taking the fight to the doorstep of the company’s directors.
Thursday, September, 06, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Demonstrations in front of directors’ homes to continue indefinitely
CROOKSTON, Minn. – As the American Crystal Sugar lockout drags into its 13th month, union members are taking the fight to the doorstep of the company’s directors.
Thursday, September, 06, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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AFL-CIO president to speak out on Crystal Sugar lockout today
ST. PAUL — The president of the AFL-CIO is speaking out against the lockout of union employees at American Crystal Sugar.
Wednesday, July, 25, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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ST. PAUL — The president of the AFL-CIO is speaking out against the lockout of union employees at American Crystal Sugar.
Wednesday, July, 25, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Crystal lockout: Union tries new ways to win sympathy
GRAND FORKS – More than 14 months into the American Crystal Sugar lockout, union workers are adding emotional heat to the frozen dispute. “All because of you, I can’t really get a good education or even be able to play any sports,” a girl named Sandra reads in a letter to American Crystal’s directors in a video on YouTube and the site CrystalGreed.com. “I hope you know how selfish you are.”
Sunday, October, 21, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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GRAND FORKS – More than 14 months into the American Crystal Sugar lockout, union workers are adding emotional heat to the frozen dispute. “All because of you, I can’t really get a good education or even be able to play any sports,” a girl named Sandra reads in a letter to American Crystal’s directors in a video on YouTube and the site CrystalGreed.com. “I hope you know how selfish you are.”
Sunday, October, 21, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Forum earns 23 awards in Minnesota Newspaper Association contest
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - The Forum earned 23 awards in the 2012 Minnesota Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest announced Jan. 24 at MNA’s annual convention in Bloomington.
Saturday, February, 02, 2013 - INFORUM - Business
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - The Forum earned 23 awards in the 2012 Minnesota Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest announced Jan. 24 at MNA’s annual convention in Bloomington.
Saturday, February, 02, 2013 - INFORUM - Business
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Letter: Lockout strategy is callous
The union workers at American Crystal Sugar have now been locked out of their jobs for almost a year and a half. For more than a full calendar year, for two Christmas seasons, for more than 18 months, these men and women have struggled to pay their bills, put food on the table for their families, and have been tortured by the question:
Tuesday, February, 12, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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The union workers at American Crystal Sugar have now been locked out of their jobs for almost a year and a half. For more than a full calendar year, for two Christmas seasons, for more than 18 months, these men and women have struggled to pay their bills, put food on the table for their families, and have been tortured by the question:
Tuesday, February, 12, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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North Dakota Legislature: Unemployment benefits for locked-out workers considered
BISMARCK – After 31 years as a teacher, Sen. Phillip Murphy, D-Portland, said if he were locked out of his job “it would rock my world.”
Wednesday, January, 30, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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BISMARCK – After 31 years as a teacher, Sen. Phillip Murphy, D-Portland, said if he were locked out of his job “it would rock my world.”
Wednesday, January, 30, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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On anniversary of sugar lockout, workers have little to celebrate
From Drayton to Moorhead, Red River Valley has been jarred by stalemate
Unlike most anniversaries, it won’t be celebrated. But it will be noted, often with an addendum of something along the lines of, “I never dreamed it would last this long.”
Sunday, July, 29, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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From Drayton to Moorhead, Red River Valley has been jarred by stalemate
Unlike most anniversaries, it won’t be celebrated. But it will be noted, often with an addendum of something along the lines of, “I never dreamed it would last this long.”
Sunday, July, 29, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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