Benefits for locked-out workers considered

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.” Murphy’s sentiments on Tuesday in front of the Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee are strongly felt by the 420 North Dakota employees who continue to be locked out from their jobs at American Crystal Sugar in Hillsboro and Drayton, unable to receive a paycheck and unemployment benefits.

By: By TJ Jerke, Forum News Service, The Jamestown Sun