Call Crystal Sugar CEO Dave Berg at 218-236-4400 and tell him to end the lockout!
BCTGM ACS Workers Lockout Fund
On August 1, 1,300 BCTGM members in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa were locked out of their factories by American Crystal Sugar. The company has hired replacement workers and continues to refuse to return to the bargaining table.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Please help your union brothers and sisters during this lockout by donating to the American Crystal Sugar Workers Lockout Fund.
Address checks to:
BCTGM ACS Lockout Fund
Mail donations to:
BCTGM International Union
Attn: ACS Lockout Fund – 4th Floor
10401 Connecticut Avenue
Kensington, Maryland 20895Thank you for standing in solidarity with the locked out workers of American Crystal Sugar!
THE STORY...
On August 1, 1,300 BCTGM members were locked out by American Crystal Sugar at facilities in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa.
Contract negotiations to replace the seven-year collective bargaining agreement began in May. On Saturday, July 31 union members overwhelmingly rejected the company’s final offer – which included significant increases to workers’ health care costs and major changes to job security, including the right to outsource work, and seniority language. When workers reported to work on Monday, August 1, they were locked out. Their union contract expired at midnight Sunday.
Watch the video below for more information...
THE LATEST...
February 29, 2012 | American Crystal Sugar’s locked-out workers warn Nestle about product safety
On the last day of the Journey for Justice, locked-out workers dropped in on a quality assurance lab maintained by Nestle, one of American Crystal Sugar’s largest corporate customers, in Dublin, Ohio... Read more and watch the video...
January 10, 2012 | The IUF Writes a Letter to CEO Dave Berg Condemning his Comments Likening the Union to a "Cancerous Tumor"
"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 November 7, 2011 in Grafton, North Dakota, you likened the American Crystal contract to a cancerous tumor..." Read More...
December 5, 2011 | Locked out Workers Speak Out on the Ed Show
Senator Al Franken met for more than an hour with about one hundred workers who have been locked out of their jobs by American Crystal Sugar Company since August 1, 2011...Read More...
December 5, 2011 | Locked out Workers Speak Out on the Ed Show
December 5, 2011 | Minnesota Governor Pledges to Help End the American Crystal Lockout
Yesterday in Moorhead, Minn., Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton met with an American Crystal Sugar Company executive and listened to locked out workers stories during a Saturday visit. Click here to read more, watch the video and read a letter from the Governer to CEO Dave Berg.
December 1, 2011 | Locked Out Crystal Sugar Workers Offer Real Story of Corporate Greed at ACSC Joint Annual Meeting
Union members questioned the company’s contention that it cannot afford the union contract, pointing out that the last three years have been profitable for ACSC, and directors have rewarded top executives handsomely...Read More...
Novmeber 30, 2011 | Locked out ACS Workers Hold Prayer Vigil
Gayln Olson – Locked Out Union Worker: “We are still struggling to keep our lives together but as long as our union brothers and sisters stick together, we will be just fine. Let us pray to get back to work soon with a fair contract.” Read more and watch the video...
November 30, 2011 | In Recording, American Crystal Sugar President Likens Union Workers to Cancerous Tumor
In a meeting of company shareholders, Dave 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 friend who was diagnosed with cancer and had a massive tumor removed. “That’s a scary deal. He was sick for a long time,” said Berg. “We can't let a labor contract make us sick forever and ever and ever. We have to treat the disease and that’s what we’re doing here." Read More...
November 1, 2011 | BCTGM Members Overwhelmingly Reject American Crystal Contract Offer
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...” Read more...
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