IMPORTANT INFORMATION
All Executive Board Meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month, at the Union Office, beginning at 3:30 P.M.
Regular Union Meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month at the CWA Union Hall, located at 1920 South 44th Street at 9:30 A.M. and 7:30 P.M. All Stewards and Negotiating Committee Members are required to attend.
The BCTGM Local 50G baseball caps are in and available for sale. We have reduced the price of the sale of hats to $15.00. You may purchase these down at the Union Office or at the Regular Union Meetings.
Union T-Shirts are also available and may be purchased down at the Union Office or at the Regular Union Meetings as well. Shirts sell for $15.00 each. We have plenty of all sizes ranging from small to 4XL.
MORE IMPORTANT NEWS
On August 1, 2011, members in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa were locked out of their factories by American Crystal Sugar.
Click on links below for information on the Lockout and where to donate to help your brothers and sisters out.
CRYSTAL SUGAR LOCKOUT!
ON TUESDAY, LOCKED OUT BCTGM WORKERS AT AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR VOTED AGAIN ON AN AMENDED FINAL CONTRACT. IT WAS THE SAME CONTRACT AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR MANAGEMENT HANDED THEM BACK IN JULY, WITH A FEW MINIMAL CHANGES. THEY VOTED WITH AN OVERWHELMING 90% TO REJECT THE CONTRACT AGAIN!
WORKERS CONTINUE TO ASK FOR JOB SECURITY AND DEPENDABLE, AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO RAISE FAMILIES.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TURNING UP THE HEAT ON CRYSTAL SUGAR.
WE'VE LEARNED THAT AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR'S CEO, DAVE BERG, IS TRUSTEE AND CHARI-ELECT OF CASS-CLAY COUNTY'S UNITED WAY. IT IS A CONTRADICTION THAT DAVE BERG HOLDS THIS POSITION BECAUSE HE CARES ABOUT THE COMMUNITY YET HE IS DELIBERATELY CAUSING HARM TO THE COMMUNITY BY LOCKING OUT WORKERS.
WILL YOU CALL UNITED WAY?
PLEASE DIRECT YOUER CALL TO SHERRI THOMSEN, PRESIDENT OF UNITED WAY OF CASS-CLAY AT (701) 237-5050.
THIS IS THE MESSAGE WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO RELAY TO THEM:
"I AM ASKING THE UNITED WAY TO ASK DAVE BERG TO END THE LOCKOUT. IF HE DOESN'T, I WANT HIM REMOVED FROM HIS POSITION AS TRUSTEE AND CHAIR-ELECT OF THE UNITED WAY BOARD. HE IS CAUSING WIDE SPREAD ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DESTRUCTION OF COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES WITH HIS LOCKOUT OF 1,300 WORKERS."
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!
A NOTE OF THANKS FROM INTERNATIONAL!
CRYSTAL SUGAR SEC LOCKOUT
