Stuart Chirls at FreightWaves reports a walkout by Workers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) over wages and benefits is marking the first Strike in decades against a major California Sugar Producer. The ILWU Strike at C&H Sugar in Crockett led by Warehouse Local 6 is reportedly over health care, retiree benefits, sick leave, overtime rules and Union protections as part of a new three-year contract. The Strike by the Unionized Warehouse Employees at the massive Bay Area Complex began around mid-June, with about 90 to 100 workers involved. The historic Plant, which famously figured in the Sugar Wars of the 1930s, receives rail service from Union Pacific and generates 25,000 truckloads of sugar per year. It’s the first C&H Sugar Strike by Warehouse Workers in decades. The last comparable shutdown at the site was in 2003, when Workers walked out in solidarity with Sugar Employees rather than over their own contract. 

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