MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) - Union workers at American Crystal Sugar
Co. have overwhelmingly rejected the company's final offer for a
new five-year contract.
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead reports that more than 1,200 - or
about 97 percent - of the union members voted Saturday on whether
to accept the offer or risk a lockout at the company's five sugar
beet processing plants. Union representative Mark Froemke says of
those, 96 percent rejected the contract.
The current contract expires Monday. American Crystal had said
if there was no agreement by midnight Sunday, union workers would
be locked out Monday morning.
Brian Ingulsrud is American Crystal's vice president for
administration. He says he's "very surprised by the result and
disappointed."
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