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Crystal CEO Says Company Still Willing to Talk

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The head of American Crystal Sugar Co. said Thursday that the company is still willing to negotiate with locked-out factory workers, but he didn't think it was a good idea to let them parade around at the company's annual shareholders meeting. David Berg, the company's CEO, told reporters after his annual address to growers that the company will "talk earnestly" if a federal mediator calls for another negotiating session in a contract dispute that has stretched into its 17th month. In the meantime, he said, there's sugar to be made. "Picket signs and protests, you know, if that's important to you, I wish you the best in that activity," Berg said, referring to the union workers.

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David Berg

Overall Sentiment: 0.0611327

Relevance: 0.850311

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0David Berg, the company's CEO, told reporters after his annual address to growers that the company will "talk earnestly" ...
0.127359"Picket signs and protests, you know, if that's important to you, I wish you the best in that activity," Berg said, ...
0.153908"Picket signs and protests, you know, if that's important to you, I wish you the best in that activity," Berg said, referring to the union workers. "But frankly we have a sugar company to run and that's we're doing."
0"I did not know they tried to get into the meeting room," Berg said ...
0.102757"I did not know they tried to get into the meeting room," Berg said later. "I have 2,800 shareholders and lots of other people who are there and I'm frankly focused on what's going on there."
-0.121272Berg added that "it would not have been good" ...
-0.0573918"I would be misleading to say that it's no longer impacting American Crystal," Berg said. ...
-0.017386"I would be misleading to say that it's no longer impacting American Crystal," Berg said. "The impact is diminishing rapidly."
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  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.1879742
  • Mean: 0.023496775
  • Standard Deviation: 0

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