FARGO, N.D. (AP) _ A Bakery Workers union official is saying that locked-out American Crystal Sugar Co. workers will bring a counteroffer to the June 8 negotiations with the company.
Roger Delage, president of the local union in Crookston, Minn., said that the counter offer will offer a new set of proposals.
Delage wouldn't provide details about any position changes, only saying that the company's ``main issue is seniority.''
About 1,300 union workers at Crystal sugar beet processing plants in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa have been locked out since Aug. 1 because of the contract dispute. The last time the two sides met was in February. Crystal is using replacement workers.