A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE WORKERS OF THE NORTH DAKOTA MILL AND ELEVATOR

NORTH DAKOTA AFL-CIO 60th CONVENTION

WHEREAS: The North Dakota Mill and Elevator was established by Senate Bill No. 20 on February 25, 1919, after a protracted battle fought by farmers and progressives against powerful monopolist interests in the grain trade over unfair grading and pricing of the products of their land and labor; and

WHEREAS: The State Mill and Elevator began with a daily production of 3,000 barrels per day in 1922 and grew into the largest flour mill in the United States, the 7th largest wheat milling company in the United States, and the only state-owned mill and elevator in the United States; and

WHEREAS: The State Mill and Elevator now grinds 33 million bushels of top quality spring wheat and durum per year; and

WHEREAS: The State Mill and Elevator is a leader in safety, efficiency and profit; and

WHEREAS: The mill workers are the key factor to the safe, efficient and profitable operation and success of the State Mill and Elevator; and

WHEREAS: The workers of the State Mill and Elevator organized under the American Federation of Grain Millers in the 1940’s, which merged and became the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 167g in 1999; and

WHEREAS: The North Dakota Legislature recognized the State Mill and Elevator in H.C.R.3057 during the sixty-sixth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota; and

WHEREAS: North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has proclaimed June 6, 2019 to be “North Dakota Mill and Elevator Day” in the state of North Dakota; and

WHEREAS: Grand Forks City Council and Mayor Brown have dedicated June 6, 2019 to be “North Dakota Mill and Elevator Day” in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota; and therefore be it

RESOLVED: The North Dakota AFL-CIO honors the members of BCTGM Local 167g that work at the North Dakota Mill and Elevator for their hard work and dedication to their job, their state, their union, and the labor movement.