As the lockout of 1,300 workers drags on, Franken warns it could erode congressional support that’s helped protect the booming sugar beet industry.
The union said the company refused to negotiate.
For the first time since 1,300 workers at American Crystal Sugar were locked out on Aug. 1, the company and union representatives will meet Thursday. The move was requested by a federal mediator.
The Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE) voted on Friday to oppose a ballot measure that, if approved by the voters 2012, would place a ban on same-sex marriage in the Minnesota Constitution. MAPE’s board of directors voted unanimously on the issue.
Democrats won only two of the six recall contests, which were sparked by dissatisfaction with laws passed by the legislature and Gov. Scott Walker that took away public sector workers’ collective bargaining rights.
Minnesotans for a Fair Economy plans to rally outside the downtown Minneapolis offices of Wells Fargo Wednesday, according to a notice the group released Tuesday. The “Piece of the Pie Rally” — to “dramatize the need for a ‘slice of the pie’ for ordinary citizens” and the unemployed — is scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m.
By a unanimous vote on Monday, the Minnesota AFL-CIO agreed to oppose a ballot measure that would add a ban on same-sex marriage to the Minnesota Constitution.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair issued a subpoena Monday for all documents, including emails and phone logs, related to a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that Boeing opened a non-union factory in South Carolina to punish union workers in Seattle. The subpoena, by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), also covers at least ten previous requests to the agency from congressional Republicans — including one from U.S. Rep. John Kline of Minnesota.
After union members overwhelmingly rejected a contract proposed by American Crystal Sugar Company this weekend, management made good on its threats to lock out 1,300 workers in three states.
If union workers reject the contract offered by American Crystal Sugar tomorrow, the company could bring in replacement workers.
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