Posted on 10/03/2011 5:48:33 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
The National Labor Relations Board Regional Director has rejected a complaint in the American Crystal Sugar union lockout. Read NLRB Letter Here.
The union representing 1,300 American Crystal Sugar Co. employees had asked the NLRB to rule on their accusations that the American Crystal was not negotiating in good faith.
James Fox, Acting Regional Director for the NLRB, in a letter to lawyers for the the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, said the union had "failed to establish that the Employer violated the National Labor Relations Act.
Fox also noted that the proposed contract changes were clearly laid out and narrowly focused, despite union's "dissatisfaction with the Employer's answers to questions during bargaining.".
(Excerpt) Read more at valleynewslive.com ...
How sweet it is!..............
background:
American Crystal locks out workers: Union workers picket outside gates; replacements brought in
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2757706/posts
Police confirm racial slurs, symbols at North Dakota sugar plant
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2777539/posts
Fires reported at North Dakota, Minnesota sugar plants
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2776490/posts
Curious to know why sugar is grown down south and processed way up north.
This sugar is grown up north using sugar beets.
Was a big industry in the area of Michigan where I used to live.
I’m pretty sure I just saw a flying pig go by my window.
Only a ruse so they can say that they are being fair in Boeing case. That or the union didn’t pay up their “fair share” to the DNC.
Sugar beets are grown up north and in the US, form a substantial part of the sugar source crop.
Minnesota and North Dakota together raise 720,000 acres in beet sugar annually. Economic benefits from the industry include $1.1 billion in direct impacts plus $2 billion in secondary impacts. Both states collaborate in sugarbeet research and education. http://www.extension.umn.edu/Sugarbeets/
the ADMINISTRATION running a little scared maybe?
Oh, sugar beets. [thumping head] I was thinking cane sugar...
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