One of the more under-reported stories in the US right now are those folks brave enough to stand for their right to work in this economy. The folks over at American Crystal Sugar have been locked out for months. It isn’t just a Minnesota or North Dakota or a Plains states story. This is about Americans who want to both work AND be rewarded for it.

MPR has done a good job covering them and here is the latest installment. Things are not good and instead of focusing on real families facing real hardship, the only labor news you hear is about rich basketball players fighting with even richer owners.

We should be better than this. When that’s all the union news you hear, no wonder the average person hates unions.

Take a read/listen about this particular labor dispute. Consider what these folks are fighting for.