[Road Warrior ‘04]

Move the operations to the South Bay, Florida facility.

[rockinqsranch]

Interesting that it’s the same union in which 5000 of that union were involved in killing Hostess, and losing a reported total of 18,500 jobs.

I know not enough about the plight of the company, or those of the union to comment otherwise.

[Smokin' Joe]

“By now it should be clear that (company CEO) Dave Berg and Crystal Sugar’s management team has no interest in ending a fiscally irresponsible lockout that has been disastrous to farm shareholders, put the federal sugar program in jeopardy, and hurt countless families in the Red River Valley,” said John Riskey, the head of a union local that represents employees at three American Crystal factories.

Union spin. At least one of the plants has been run in ND by non-union employees, who according to some sources are doing just fine. North Dakota is a right-to-work state.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I feel we are in for a long stretch of labor strife, strikes and difficulties.

The union movement got their guy Barry re-elected and they are feeling their oats. They think this is the moment to “turn the tide” against the decline of unions (which they blame 110% on Reagan firing the PATCO controllers).

The NLRB will certainly be friendly to them. I expect to see a Card Check-style unionization election in most large workplaces before the decade is through.

[bgill]

The company says the offer would raise worker pay by 17 percent over five years when a $2,000 signing bonus is taken into account.

A signing bonus for unskilled labor? Line workers should only make minimum wage. It's not rocket science.

[Vince Ferrer]

Their ranks thinned by a 16-month lockout, American Crystal Sugar Co. workers on Saturday rejected a contract for the fourth time.

I doubt that any deal they make now will make up for the lost income over that 16 months.

[chiefqc]

Leaders of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International union said in a news release that the workers voted 55 percent to reject management’s contract offer.

And when the workers lose their jobs guess who will have theirs.

[stephenjohnbanker]

No sympathy.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

There is a double situation here.

North Dakota is a right to work state, but the sugar co-op benefits enormously from the federal sugar program, that price controls sugar in the US to as much as four times the price of foreign sugar. And the federal sugar program likely has a union requirement.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Another story of how unions are trying to kill entrepreneurship while trying to elevate entry level jobs. Heard a Delta male stew - (likely gay, not that it matters), talk about the FOUR RAISES he will get this year and TWO NEXT year guaranteed. He works about 12 days a month, travels the carribbean and Amsterdam the rest of the time FREE.

I’m sorry, for handing out Biscoff’s and coke products? This is not sustainable.

[RikaStrom]

And here we go again.

[blueunicorn6]

The company is a co-op. it’s owned by farmers.

[skinkinthegrass]

Leaders of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers
and Grain Millers International union said in a news release
that the workers voted 55 percent to reject management’s
contract offer. TWINKIES ALERT!....

the unions' thugs/bosses want to kill your
jobs; b/c it makes *THEM* feel good.
i really need/want; one of those
revolving-police-light (strobe)-thingee

[Rebelbase]

Byline: Fargo, ND.

Are they making sugar with beets?

[Rebelbase]

DUH! If I had read the article I’d have seen it’s beet sugar.