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Union workers protest lockout

Union workers protest lockout Michael Vosburg / Forum Communications Locked out American Crystal union workers Branden Wahl, from right, Jerome Mogard, Cary Bergene and Greg Wahl demonstrate Monday in front of the 42nd Street Hornbacher's store in south Fargo. Locked-out workers urged a boycott of company at stores that carry American Crystal’s producers. Story B6

October 16, 2012

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CenturyLink, union fail to reach labor agreement

DENVER (AP) — CenturyLink and the union representing 13,000 workers in 13 states in the West and Midwest have failed to reach a contract agreement, but have signed onto a day-to-day extension of the expired pact.

By Associated Press , October 08, 2012

AFL-CIO endorses boycott of American Crystal Sugar

The AFL-CIO has endorsed a nationwide consumer boycott of American Crystal Sugar products to protest its 14-month lockout of union workers.

October 02, 2012

Legislature may take up ACS issue

A lawmaker said he’s expecting the North Dakota Legislature to take up the issue of whether workers who are locked out of their jobs should get unemployment benefits.

October 02, 2012

Employers gain leverage in labor disputes

FARGO — Once upon a time, Bruce Byars says, the notion of booting employees off the job in a lockout was so rare it was closer to myth than reality.

By Marino Eccher, Forum Communications , October 01, 2012

ACS executive: Sugar harvest OK

An American Crystal Sugar Co. executive said the company’s replacement workers are doing well in handling this fall’s sugar beet harvest.

September 20, 2012

Locked-out workers seeking jobless benefits

North Dakota’s Supreme Court was asked for the first time Tuesday to interpret whether a 30-year-old state labor law should allow locked-out workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. to draw unemployment checks.

By By Dale Wetzel , Associated Press , September 19, 2012

Teacher evaluations at center of Chicago strike

CHICAGO (AP) — Educators in Los Angeles just signed a new deal with the city's school district. So, too, did teachers in Boston. Both require performance evaluations based in part on how well students succeed, a system that's making its debut in Cleveland.

By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press , September 13, 2012

Chicago teachers' strike grinds into third day

CHICAGO (AP) — The public teachers' strike that has halted classwork and upset family routines across Chicago ground into a third day Wednesday with some movement reported by union and school board negotiators but no sign of an imminent deal.

By Don Babwin, Associated Press , September 12, 2012

Crystal Union workers put pressure on board members

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. Locked-out workers demonstrated in front of the homes of Crystal directors Wednesday for the second day in a row, in a bid to drive home the lockout’s human toll.

By By Marino Eccher , Forum Communications , September 06, 2012

Labor has small spot in N.D. political scene

Labor unions aren’t as prominent in North Dakota as they are in other states, but that doesn’t stop such groups from trying to put even a small stamp of influence on the political map here.

By By Kristen M. Daum , Forum Communications , September 03, 2012

Cliffs, Steelworkers agree to keep talking

Cliffs Natural Resources and the United Steelworkers of America have agreed to keep talking, and stay on the job, past today’s expiration of the current union contract.

By By John Myers , Forum Communications , September 01, 2012

Crystal Sugar lockout

Locked-out American Crystal Sugar union workers said Wednesday they’re gearing up for a big processing push when they get back to work, amid recent developments that hint the prospect of their return is looking up.

By By Marino Eccher , Forum Communications , August 30, 2012

Crystal expects bigger harvest

American Crystal Sugar Co. shareholders will start their so-called “pre-pile” harvest on Tuesday Aug. 14 , the earliest in company history, according to a company spokesman.

By By Mikkel Pates , Forum Communications , August 10, 2012

Lockout makes no winners

After a year, there has been no significant progress in ending the lockout of union employees at American Crystal Sugar Co. The initial lockout (it was not a strike) and the three-time rejection by the union of a company contract offer have evolved into a stalemate that has been a disaster for workers and a public relations blunder for the company. But for all intents and purposes, it’s over. There is no objective winner.

By The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead , August 07, 2012

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