American Crystal Sugar
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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Locked out BCTGM members from American Crystal Sugar are taking their message on the road, joining locked out USW workers from Ohio-based Cooper Tire and Rubber in “From Fargo to Findlay: A Journey for Justice.”  The six-day, six-state solidarity tour will focus attention on the two examples of the recent wave of greed-motivated corporate attacks on workers and their unions. Together, four BCTGM members from Crystal Sugar and four USW workers from Cooper Tire will travel over...

21 February, 2012

On February 16th, IUF General Secretary Ron Oswald sent a letter to American Crystal CEO Dave Berg, once again urging him to end the lockout and return to the negotiating table.  Oswald indicated that the IUF's global sugar coodinator reported on the situation at a recent world conference of their agricultural works unions. "Delegates were shocked in general to hear about the lockout you are imposing, but they were horrified to hear that at a shareholders meeting on...

16 February, 2012

The already strained relationship between management of American Crystal Sugar Company (ACSC) and its 1,300 locked out workers was dealt another serious blow when recordings of anti-worker statements by ACSC President and CEO Dave Berg were made public this week. In a meeting of company shareholders on November 7 in Grafton, N.D., Berg likened the workers to a 21-pound cancerous tumor. According to an audio recording of the meeting, Berg told the story of a sick...

01 December, 2011

BCTGM Local 167G GRAND FORKS, N.D. – An overwhelming majority of American Crystal Sugar Company’s locked out union workers voted via secret ballot to reject the company’s latest contract proposal. “Today our members sent a loud and clear message to American Crystal Executives,” said BCTGM Local 167G President John Riskey. “We want to work, but we will not accept a contract that puts our jobs and the entire community at risk.”   92% of union members voted and 90%...

01 November, 2011

In response to a fire last night in the Drayton, ND Crystal Sugar facility and one this morning in East Grand Forks, MN, BCTGM Local 167G President John Riskey issued the following statement: “When you put poorly trained replacement workers into these facilities, preventable accidents can and will happen. That is exactly what happened last night in Drayton and in East Grand Forks this morning. Yesterday, Vice President Brian Ingulsrud told the media there were no concerns...

09 September, 2011

“For the first time in four weeks, representatives from American Crystal Sugar Company finally agreed to meet with BCTGM union negotiators. We came to the table in good faith with proposals that addressed many of the company’s concerns including changes to health coverage and expanding upon the company’s substance abuse policy. Unfortunately, the company ignored our ideas and stubbornly offered the same proposal that 96% of our membership rejected. While the company has refused to schedule another meeting,...

24 August, 2011

By John Riskey, INFORUM We want to keep working. It’s that simple. As the community already knows, 1,300 Red River Valley residents employed by American Crystal Sugar Co. have been forced off the job against our will. We are your neighbors. We go to church with you. We spend money at local businesses. We raise our families here because the Red River Valley is a great place to live and work. On Tuesday, American Crystal Sugar...

05 August, 2011

EAST GRAND FORKS - After voting overwhelmingly to reject the final offer from American Crystal Sugar, some1,300 workers in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa have been locked out. This morning, BCTGM Local 167G  President John Riskey read a statement at all affected facilities. "Today, American Crystal Sugar workers...

01 August, 2011