Pass legislation that will ban the state government from purchasing American Crystal products until the worker lockout is resolved.
Why is this important?
After rejecting a contract offer that the workers' union believed could jeopardize their jobs, workers at American Crystal sugar plants have been locked out since August 2011. Since then unemployment benefits have expired and the union has rejected the contract three more times. According to the Star Tribune, this is "one of the longest work stoppages in Minnesota history" (Blog 1/29/13).
