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Resting on Labor Day
Today is Labor Day. According to the United States Department of Labor, Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achie...
Posted on 9/3/12 at 8:00 AM
Today's Ask Your Government
Dear Teri, With the law on separation of church and state, why can state-owned schools have churches on the property? University of North Dakota has the Christus Rex Lutheran Campus Center, which is ...
Posted on 10/8/11 at 7:34 PM
Quilting Cousins
I have some very talented cousins on my Dad's side of the family. Once a month a few of my girl cousins get together, we take turns hosting. At one of the Fall get togethers we decide on a theme for t...
Posted on 6/28/09 at 4:57 AM
Jobless benefits near end for some American Crystal workers
Unemployment benefits could soon run out for many locked-out employees of American Crystal Sugar Co.’s Minnesota factories, depending on when they applied for payments.By By Christopher Bjorke , Forum Communications , July 06, 2012
Crystal union seeks new talks
Locked-out Bakery Workers union members want to return to negotiations after they again rejected a contract offer from American Crystal Sugar Co. management, union officials say.By By Christopher Bjorke , Forum Communications , June 27, 2012
Union members reject Crystal contract
Members of the Bakery Workers union in the Red River Valley rejected a contract offered by American Crystal Sugar. Co. for the third time on Saturday, the union said.By Chris Bieri, Forum Communications , June 25, 2012
Locked-out union workers to consider Crystal contract today
For nearly 11 months, they picketed in sub-zero temperatures, marched on company headquarters, prayed with religious leaders and traveled 200 miles on a hay wagon. Now, the locked-out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. will decide whether they’re tired of walking and talking.By By Dave Kolpack, Associated Press , June 23, 2012
Union workers to vote a 3rd time on Crystal offer
Locked-out workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. factories in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa will vote for a third time on the company's contract offer.June 15, 2012
Talks fail Friday; Crystal says parties still ‘far apart’
A mediation session Friday involving American Crystal Sugar Co. executives and union workers ended without a deal to end a lockout more than 10 months old.By Forum Communications Co. Reports , June 09, 2012
American Crystal, union reps try to restart talks
American Crystal Sugar and union representatives meet Friday in attempt to restart contract talks in a dispute that has locked out workers and dragged on for 10 months.June 08, 2012
Union workers rally outside Crystal headquarters
Locked-out American Crystal Sugar factory workers have completed a 200-mile journey by foot and hay wagon in advance of an expected Friday meeting between union officials and company representatives.June 07, 2012
As talks loom, Crystal workers rally
By By Marino Eccher, Forum Communications Co. , June 07, 2012
Crystal union returning to bargaining table
Locked-out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. are in the middle of a 200-mile trek to the negotiating table, which the company says could be a long walk for a short meeting.By By Dave Kolpack , Associated Press , June 05, 2012
UPDATE: Fargo grocery warehouse workers settle contract
Employees at a SuperValu grocery warehouse in north Fargo are back at work Monday after a brief strike.June 04, 2012
Workers at Fargo grocery warehouse strike
Workers at a SuperValu grocery warehouse in Fargo have gone on strike after rejecting a company contract offer.June 04, 2012
Locked-out workers take message on the road
By By Stephen J. Lee , Forum Communications Co. , June 01, 2012
Crystal union lobbies for compromise
American Crystal Sugar union leaders say they’re willing to give on some key sticking points when they sit down for talks with company management next week, but need a similar attitude from the other side of the negotiating table to make progress toward ending the 10-month-old lockout.By By Marino Eccher , Forum Communications Co. , May 31, 2012
As lockout drags on, American Crystal Sugar gets comfortable
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 By Marino Eccher, Forum Communications Co. , May 25, 2012
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