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Union Leader Pledges Support For Locked Out Workers

Richard Trumka was in St. Paul, Minn. on Wednesday for what was billed as a major announcement on the lockout.

 

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The president of the AFL-CIO is pledging his support for locked-out union workers at American Crystal Sugar.

Richard Trumka was in St. Paul, Minn. on Wednesday for what was billed as a major announcement on the lockout. Trumka said the AFL-CIO would coordinate with the union for American Crystal Workers, but announced no specific actions.

More than 1,300 workers have been locked out of their jobs since last Aug. 1 at facilities in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa.

(KFGO file photo)

 

AP/Paul Jurgens