Workers who have been locked out from American Crystal Sugar for months say that they will meet with the company again on June 8. The union says that they hope that the meeting will be more productive than their last meetings. The company says that they are meeting because of a request from a federal mediator, but that they have already presented their final offer. the lockout has affected about 1,300 workers in North Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota, who have been locked out since last August. The company is currently using replacement workers to run its plants.
See "Union says locked-out workers will resume talks with American Crystal Sugar Co. on June 8", The Associated Press, The Washington Post, May 2, 2012