Locked-out workers plan events this week across Minnesota

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http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_5139

Locked-out workers plan events this week across Minnesota
20 February 2012

MOORHEAD - Workers locked out of their jobs by two large companies – American Crystal Sugar and Cooper Tire & Rubber – join forces this week for a “Journey for Justice” that includes events across Minnesota.



The journey kicks off Wednesday at noon outside the Marriott Hotel, 1080 28th Ave. S. in Moorhead. Workers and supporters will rally, then march to the Crystal Sugar corporate headquarters to demand an end to the lockout of 1,300 members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco & Grain Millers union that has been going on since Aug. 1.

A fundraiser for the workers will be held Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Minnesota AFL-CIO, 175 Aurora Ave., St. Paul. Funds raised will support the Journey for Justice and go to hardship funds to assist the locked-out workers.

FULL story at link.



View updates on the lockout of 1,300 workers at American Crystal Sugar: http://www.bctgm.org/ACS_news.html

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