Defined Contribution And Other Employee Plans (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)
ClevelandBakersAndTeamstersPensionFund [Member] \| Multiemployer Plans, Pension [Member]
Multiemployer Plans [Line Items]
Employer's contributions represent more than five percent of total contributions	true
Union-Sponsored Plan [Member]
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Costs related to union-sponsored defined contribution plan	$ 0.8
Costs related to initial funding of union-sponsored defined contribution plan	$ 0.6

The amount of the cost recognized during the period for initial funding of a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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- Definition

The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

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- Definition

Description of whether the employer's contributions represent more than five percent of total contributions to the multiemployer plan for the most recent plan year available. A multiemployer plan is a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 80
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (e)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65877416&loc=SL14450657-114947

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- Details

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