Following a strike that lasted over thirteen years, workers represented by Teamsters Local 601 have ratified a five year contract at Diamond of California, a walnut processing plant. Six hundred workers walked off the job in September of 1991; most of them have found other jobs and are not expected to return to the plant. According to the union's secretary-treasurer, neither side expected the strike would last this long but now realize they must work together.
See "Workers Vote to End Strike at Walnut Plant", The Associated Press, The New York Times, March 22, 2005