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BCTGM union spokesperson John Riskey announced at 6 p.m. Tuesday evening that union members at the locked-out American Crystal Sugar factories rejected by a resoundindg margin the company's latest offer. Voting began at 1 p.m. at each factory, with secret ballots. Today's tally had 92 percent of voting union members - 92 percent of the members also cast ballots - rejecting the company's offer. That compares to 96 percent of the members who voted no on the company's offer as the previous contract expired at the end of July, which spurred the lockout of 1,300 workers.
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