PORTLAND, Ore. -- Hundreds of truckers were off the road and on strike Monday Night, wanting better benefits.

Union workers at Oak Harbor Freight Lines walked off the job Monday night, citing a need for better health care plans.

Oak Harbor Freight Lines is based in Auburn, Wash., but has terminals in Salem Medford and Portland as well as across Washington state, California and Nevada. It is one of the largest trucking companies in Portland.

On Monday night, workers at all the terminals in Washington and Oregon went on strike.

An Oak Harbor representative said the company has work for all the employees who choose to work and will use replacement workers if necessary.

The representative wasn't willing to discuss the details of the company's next proposal but said the workers would be getting it on Wednesday or Thursday.

One of the striking worker's said that what the union is asking for isn't unreasonable.

"Many of us have come to work here because of the excellent benefits that the Teamsters provides. They want to go to company plans that are going to be able to be changed at any time, which is unacceptable to us," striking worker Barney Farrell said.

Oak Harbor Freight Lines was started in Oak Harbor, Wash., in 1916. It has 32 terminals across the Northwest with about 1,300 total workers. The union said 600 workers are on strike.

Truckers Union Strikes For Better Health Care