Wages – Page 123 – People's World

Workers reject sugar company demands; lockout continues

November 3, 2011 By John Wojcik

Workers at American Crystal Sugar's seven plants in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa rejected, by a nine to one margin in a Nov. 1 vote, the company's latest demands.

Freeport strikers in Indonesia confront titanic forces

October 17, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

The mineworkers, belonging to the Confederation of All-Indonesian Workers Labor Union launched a weeklong strike in July. The union extended the strike set for a month to mid November.

Locked out sugar plant workers blame company for fires

September 12, 2011 By John Wojcik

Locked out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. are blaming fires at plants in Dayton, N.D., and in East Grand Forks, Minn., on untrained scabs hired to replace them.

Workers see sugar lockout as part of bigger anti-union push

August 9, 2011 By John Wojcik

Workers believe that American Crystal Sugar has locked out 1,300 employees at seven plants in three states in order to take advantage of the nationwide attacks on unions.

1,300 locked out sugar workers fight for jobs, families

August 4, 2011 By John Wojcik

Workers are locked outside company gates as their union battles an employer they say is determined to slash health benefits and weaken job security.