<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div id="yiv886514822"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="yiv886514822MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span class="yiv886514822yui_3_2_0_16_1316467470407538" style="font-size: 14pt;">(A <span id="yiv886514822misspell-0" class="yiv886514822">continuación</span> en <span id="yiv886514822misspell-1" class="yiv886514822">español</span>)</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <font size="6"><span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">Workers Resist in the Midwest</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="yiv886514822MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: blue;">Report back from the Red River Valley <br>
American Crystal Sugar workers’ fight</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<div class="yiv886514822MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.2in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Some 1,300 members of the Bakery, Confectionery,
Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union have been locked out by
American Crystal Sugar since August 1, after they rejected the bosses’ “final”
offer. The unionists are fighting back at the five plants, in the Red River
Valley region of Minnesota and North Dakota.</span></font></div>
<div class="yiv886514822MsoBodyTextIndent" style=""><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">With the sugar beet harvest
under way, locked-out sugar workers are standing firm with around-the-clock
pickets, and rallies; solidarity continues to be organized across the region.</span></font></div>
<div class="yiv886514822MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.2in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The bosses cut off health insurance and brought in
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-2" class="yiv886514822">vanloads</span> of replacement workers, beginning on the first day. The push for
profits over safety and the inexperience of those workers resulted in three
fires in a recent 48-hour period.</span></font></div>
<div class="yiv886514822MsoBodyTextIndent2"><font size="3">Hear a report from the picket lines at American
Crystal Sugar and join a discussion on working class<span style=""> </span>resistance today.</font></div>
<div class="yiv886514822MsoBodyTextIndent2"> </div>
<div class="yiv886514822DefaultText" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">Friday, September 23, </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">7:30
p.m.<span style=""></span></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv886514822DefaultText" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">Speaker:<span style=""> </span>Kevin <span id="yiv886514822misspell-3" class="yiv886514822">Dwire</span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;">Socialist Workers candidate for</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;">Boston City Council At-Large</span></div>
<div class="yiv886514822DefaultText" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="5"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">Militant Labor Forum Hall<span style=""> </span></span></b></font></div>
<div class="yiv886514822DefaultText" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="5"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">13 <span id="yiv886514822misspell-4" class="yiv886514822">Bennington</span> St., 2<span id="yiv886514822misspell-5" class="yiv886514822">nd</span> floor, East Boston<span style=""> </span></span></b></font></div>
<div class="yiv886514822DefaultText" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="5"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">617-569-9169 </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: blue;"><span style=""></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;"> bostonmlf@yahoo.com</span></b></font></div>
<div class="yiv886514822DefaultText" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="5"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">Suggested
donation $5 </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: blue;"><span style=""></span></span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;"> <i style=""><span id="yiv886514822misspell-6" class="yiv886514822">Traducción</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-7" class="yiv886514822">al</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-8" class="yiv886514822">español</span></i></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;"><span style="">
</span></span></font><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);"></span></div>
<div class="yiv886514822DefaultText" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">Come early and
browse in the book center.</span></i></div>
<div class="yiv886514822DefaultText" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="ES-CO">Visit<span style=""> </span><b><span id="yiv886514822misspell-9" class="yiv886514822">themilitant</span>.com </b><span style=""> </span>and<span style=""> </span><b><span id="yiv886514822misspell-10" class="yiv886514822">pathfinderpress</span>.com<span style=""> </span><br>
</b>for news, analysis, and books</span></font><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div><font size="2">T Blue Line to Maverick Station,
bus or walk five blocks down Meridian to <span id="yiv886514822misspell-11" class="yiv886514822">Bennington</span> at Liberty Plaza traffic
circle.</font></div><div style="border-width: medium medium 1.5pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">
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<div class="yiv886514822MsoBodyText" style="text-align: left;" align="left"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="ES-MX"><br></span></div><div class="yiv886514822MsoBodyText" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="ES-MX">El
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-12" class="yiv886514822">Foro</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-13" class="yiv886514822">Militante</span> <span style="color: black;"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-14" class="yiv886514822">presenta</span>:</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" class="yiv886514822MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 20pt; color: red;" lang="ES-MX"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-15" class="yiv886514822">Trabajadores</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-16" class="yiv886514822">azucareros</span><br>
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-17" class="yiv886514822">luchan</span> contra <span id="yiv886514822misspell-18" class="yiv886514822">cierre</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-19" class="yiv886514822">patronal</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red;" lang="ES-MX"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="yiv886514822MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red;" lang="ES-MX"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-20" class="yiv886514822">Reporte</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-21" class="yiv886514822">desde</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-22" class="yiv886514822">las</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-23" class="yiv886514822">lineas</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-24" class="yiv886514822">de</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-25" class="yiv886514822">piquete</span></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.2in; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="ES-MX"> </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="ES-MX"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-26" class="yiv886514822">Más</span>
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-27" class="yiv886514822">de</span> 1 300 <span id="yiv886514822misspell-28" class="yiv886514822">trabajadores</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-29" class="yiv886514822">de</span> American Sugar Crystal <span id="yiv886514822misspell-30" class="yiv886514822">están</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-31" class="yiv886514822">enfrentando</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-32" class="yiv886514822">un</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-33" class="yiv886514822">cierre</span>
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-34" class="yiv886514822">patronal</span> en <span id="yiv886514822misspell-35" class="yiv886514822">cinco</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-36" class="yiv886514822">plantas</span> en <span id="yiv886514822misspell-37" class="yiv886514822">los</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-38" class="yiv886514822">estados</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-39" class="yiv886514822">de</span> Minnesota y Dakota <span id="yiv886514822misspell-40" class="yiv886514822">del</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-41" class="yiv886514822">Norte</span>. <span id="yiv886514822misspell-42" class="yiv886514822">Los</span>
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-43" class="yiv886514822">miembros</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-44" class="yiv886514822">del</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-45" class="yiv886514822">sindicato</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-46" class="yiv886514822">de</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-47" class="yiv886514822">trabajadores</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-48" class="yiv886514822">procesadores</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-49" class="yiv886514822">de</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-50" class="yiv886514822">granos</span> (<span id="yiv886514822misspell-51" class="yiv886514822">BCTGM</span>)
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-52" class="yiv886514822">rechazaron</span> la <span id="yiv886514822misspell-53" class="yiv886514822">oferta</span> “final” <span id="yiv886514822misspell-54" class="yiv886514822">de</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-55" class="yiv886514822">los</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-56" class="yiv886514822">patrones</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-57" class="yiv886514822">el</span> 30 <span id="yiv886514822misspell-58" class="yiv886514822">de</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-59" class="yiv886514822">julio</span>. La <span id="yiv886514822misspell-60" class="yiv886514822">compañía</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-61" class="yiv886514822">cerró</span>
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-62" class="yiv886514822">sus</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-63" class="yiv886514822">puertas</span> a <span id="yiv886514822misspell-64" class="yiv886514822">los</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-65" class="yiv886514822">trabajadores</span> dos <span id="yiv886514822misspell-66" class="yiv886514822">días</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-67" class="yiv886514822">después</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-68" class="yiv886514822">contrató</span> a <span id="yiv886514822misspell-69" class="yiv886514822">esquiroles</span>. </span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.2in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="ES-MX">American
Crystal Sugar <span id="yiv886514822misspell-70" class="yiv886514822">está</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-71" class="yiv886514822">exigiendo</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-72" class="yiv886514822">concesiones</span>, <span id="yiv886514822misspell-73" class="yiv886514822">incluyendo</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-74" class="yiv886514822">mayores</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-75" class="yiv886514822">pagos</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-76" class="yiv886514822">por</span>
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-77" class="yiv886514822">cobertura</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-78" class="yiv886514822">médica</span> y <span id="yiv886514822misspell-79" class="yiv886514822">el</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-80" class="yiv886514822">derecho</span> a <span id="yiv886514822misspell-81" class="yiv886514822">subcontratar</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-82" class="yiv886514822">trabajo</span>. La temporada de cosecha, un momento critico, está por venir. </span><font size="2"><span style="" lang="ES-MX">La <span id="yiv886514822misspell-92" class="yiv886514822">compañía</span> <font><span id="yiv886514822misspell-93" class="yiv886514822">utilizará</span> la labor <span id="yiv886514822misspell-94" class="yiv886514822">de</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-95" class="yiv886514822">esquiroles</span> para <span id="yiv886514822misspell-96" class="yiv886514822">tratar</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-97"
class="yiv886514822">de</span>
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-98" class="yiv886514822">minimizar</span> la <span id="yiv886514822misspell-99" class="yiv886514822">posición</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-100" class="yiv886514822">de</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-101" class="yiv886514822">los</span><span id="yiv886514822misspell-102" class="yiv886514822">trabajadores</span>. </font> </span></font><font size="2"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-103" class="yiv886514822">Mientras</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-104" class="yiv886514822">el</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-105" class="yiv886514822">cierre</span><span id="yiv886514822misspell-106" class="yiv886514822">patronal</span>
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-107" class="yiv886514822">entra</span> en <span id="yiv886514822misspell-108" class="yiv886514822">su</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-109" class="yiv886514822">sexta</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-110" class="yiv886514822">semana</span>, la <span id="yiv886514822misspell-111" class="yiv886514822">seguridad</span> en <span id="yiv886514822misspell-112" class="yiv886514822">el</span><span id="yiv886514822misspell-113" class="yiv886514822">trabajo</span><span id="yiv886514822misspell-114" class="yiv886514822">las</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-115" class="yiv886514822">plantas</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-116" class="yiv886514822">de</span> la
American Crystal Sugar <span id="yiv886514822misspell-117" class="yiv886514822">se</span> ha <span id="yiv886514822misspell-118" class="yiv886514822">convertido</span><span id="yiv886514822misspell-119" class="yiv886514822">un</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-120" class="yiv886514822">problema</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-121" class="yiv886514822">serio</span><span id="yiv886514822misspell-122" class="yiv886514822">incendios</span> en
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-123" class="yiv886514822">tres</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-124" class="yiv886514822">fábricas</span>. <span style=""><span style=""> </span></span></font><span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-125" class="yiv886514822"><br> <font size="2"> Escuchar</font></span></span><font size="2"> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-126" class="yiv886514822">un</span></span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-127" class="yiv886514822">informe</span></span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-128" class="yiv886514822">de</span></span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-129" class="yiv886514822">las</span></span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-130" class="yiv886514822">líneas</span></span> <span
class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-131" class="yiv886514822">de</span></span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-132" class="yiv886514822">piquete</span></span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans">y</span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-133" class="yiv886514822">unirse</span></span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans">a</span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-134" class="yiv886514822">una</span></span><span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-135" class="yiv886514822">discusión</span></span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-136" class="yiv886514822">sobre</span></span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans">la</span><span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-137" class="yiv886514822">resistencia</span></span> <span
class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-138" class="yiv886514822">de</span></span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans">la</span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-139" class="yiv886514822">clase</span></span> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-140" class="yiv886514822">trabajadora</span></span> </font> <span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"><font size="2"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-141" class="yiv886514822">hoy</span>.</font><br><br></span></font> </div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.2in;" align="center"><font size="3"><span class="yiv886514822wordtotrans"> </span></font><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: red;"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-142" class="yiv886514822">Orador</span>: Kevin <span id="yiv886514822misspell-143" class="yiv886514822">Dwire</span>,</span></i></b></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.2in;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: red;"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-144" class="yiv886514822">Candidato</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-145" class="yiv886514822">del</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-146" class="yiv886514822">Partido</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-147" class="yiv886514822">Socialista</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-148" class="yiv886514822">de</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-149" class="yiv886514822">los</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-150" class="yiv886514822">Trabajadores</span> para <span id="yiv886514822misspell-151" class="yiv886514822">el</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-152" class="yiv886514822">Consejal</span> en
Boston</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" class="yiv886514822MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial; color: red;"><span id="yiv886514822misspell-153" class="yiv886514822">Viernes</span>, 23 <span id="yiv886514822misspell-154" class="yiv886514822">de</span>
<span id="yiv886514822misspell-155" class="yiv886514822">septiembre</span></span></i></b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial; color: red;">, <b style="">7:30 p.m.</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: red;"><br>Local <span id="yiv886514822misspell-156" class="yiv886514822">del</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-157" class="yiv886514822">Foro</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-158" class="yiv886514822">Militante</span> / </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: red;">Militant
Labor Forum Hall</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: red;"><br>13 <span id="yiv886514822misspell-159" class="yiv886514822">Bennington</span> Street,
2do <span id="yiv886514822misspell-160" class="yiv886514822">piso</span>, E. Boston</span><span style="font-size: 4pt; font-family: Arial; color: red;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span id="yiv886514822misspell-161" class="yiv886514822">Donación</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-162" class="yiv886514822">sugerida</span>: $5<span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: red;" lang="ES-CO"><span style=""></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: red;" lang="ES-CO"><span style=""> </span><span id="yiv886514822misspell-163" class="yiv886514822">Traducción</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-164" class="yiv886514822">al</span> <span id="yiv886514822misspell-165" class="yiv886514822">español</span> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 204, 0);" lang="ES-CO"><span style=""> </span></span></div>
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