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    This strike is about the safety and protection of the workers at these packing houses.

    Workers at 6 Yakima-area fruit-packing plants strike over coronavirus concerns
    Strikes continued at six Yakima Valley fruit-packing houses Monday, though not without some pushback.
    The union has been in the Yakima Valley since May 8 to assist workers in strikes, which started last week. However, the union and other groups supporting the strikes said workers at individual plants are leading the strikes. The plants do not have unions.
    Workers are also striking at Monson Fruit and Matson Fruit in Selah and at Frosty Packing and Columbia Reach Pack in Yakima.
    During the week ending Sunday, the state shipped 2.624 million 44-pound boxes. The week before, the state shipped 2.627 million boxes. Both weeks were above the weekly average of around 2.6 million for the 2019-20 apple crop.

    Any reduction in shipments from a fruit warehouse due to the worker strikes, for now, seems to be made up in activity at other facilities, DeVaney said.
    https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...irus-concerns/
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