Nut strike cracks after 13 years

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BBC

Striking workers at a walnut processing plant in California have voted to bring their 13-year walkout to an end.

The 600 members of the Teamsters Local 601 union went on strike at the Diamond of California plant in September 1991 in a dispute over pay.

They have now finally ratified a new five-year contract, clearing the way for their return to work.

However, most of the workers have now found jobs elsewhere, and the union admits they are unlikely to return.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4374657.stm

[expatriot]

1. nice headline...

nuts, crack, get it? hawdy ha ha

[Teaser]

2. too many frustrated novelists

writing newscopy these days. What's worse is that they are frustrated *bad* novelists.

[Algorem]

4. So all those corporate executives couldn't figure out how to bust a nut

strike?

[seriousstan]

3. I am sure the new contract will compensate for 13 year's wages.

In their dreams.

[woosh]

5. that's like the Seinfeld episode

where Kramer goes back to work at the Bagel shop after a decade.

[Moderator]

6. kick to combine

[struggle4progress]

7. Walnut Company Strike Cracked After 13 Years

Union Accepts New 5-Year Deal

POSTED: 12:14 pm PST March 23, 2005
UPDATED: 12:41 pm PST March 23, 2005

STOCKTON, Calif. -- A strike that dragged on for more than 13 years is finally over.

More than 600 workers at a Diamond Walnut processing plant in Stockton walked off the job and took up picket signs in September 1991. On Wednesday, the union announced that workers have agreed on a new deal that ends the labor dispute.

Tuesday night, workers at Diamond Walnut voted 184-61 to accept a new five-year deal with Diamond Walnut, ending a bitter labor dispute between the company and the Teamsters union.

Few workers had any inkling that the strike would last almost 14 years and would see numerous lawsuits -- one of which went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. <snip>

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