Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2011/11/)
The already strained relationship between management of American Crystal Sugar Company and its 1,300 locked-out workers was dealt another serious blow when recordings of anti-worker statements by President and CEO Dave Berg were made public this week.
A fundraiser at the UFCW Local 1189 hall Tuesday night netted more than $22,000 in donations for the 1,300 workers locked out at American Crystal Sugar.
An Oct. 19 protest by Minneapolis Building Trades members questioning the use of out-of-state, non-union labor for the Medline project in Rogers has produced a result.
Efforts to derail a union vote by child care providers are frivolous and won’t stand up in court, organizers for AFSCME said.
With millions of hardworking Americans slated to lose unemployment insurance at year’s end, efforts continue to keep pressure on Congress to preserve this emergency lifeline.
The Occupy movement is coming to Capitol Hill, as the Communications Workers, the Service Employees and other groups will launch “Occupy Congress” in early December.
Incumbent Teamsters President James Hoffa was re-elected to a 4th term in final results announced by an independent overseer Nov. 18.
Supporters of locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers will hold a rally and fundraiser Tuesday, Nov. 29, in South St. Paul.
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton is urging an end to the lockout of American Crystal Sugar employees in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa that has created hardship for 1,300 families.
While state officials reported the overall economic impact of last summer’s government shutdown was “minimal,” the forced layoff of thousands of state workers took a serious toll, union said.