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Concentration Risk, Percentage of Employees Labor Subject to Collective Bargaining Arrangements

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Concentration Risk, Percentage of Employees Labor Subject to Collective Bargaining Arrangements that already expired as of the current quarter end

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Concentration Risk, Percentage of Employees Labor Subject to Collective Bargaining Arrangements that expire within the next fiscal year

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Concentration at period end, percentage

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Customer Concentration

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Customer Concentration In Other Assets

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Customer Concentration In Prepaid Expenses

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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.

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Concentration of Risk Concentration of Risk (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Customer Concentration In Prepaid Expenses	$ 3,000		$ 3,000		$ 1,000
Customer Concentration In Other Current Assets	4,000		4,000		4,000
Customer Concentration In Other Assets	35,000		35,000		36,000
Customer Concentration	$ 42,000		$ 42,000		$ 41,000
Concentration Risk, Number of Employees Labor Subject to Collective Bargaining Arrangements \| employee	490		490
Concentration Risk, Percentage of Employees Labor Subject to Collective Bargaining Arrangements	73.00%		73.00%
Concentration Risk, Percentage of Employees Labor Subject to Collective Bargaining Arrangements that already expired as of the current quarter end	48.00%		48.00%
Concentration Risk, Percentage of Employees Labor Subject to Collective Bargaining Arrangements that expire within the next fiscal year	18.00%		18.00%
Customer A [Member] \| Accounts Receivable [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration at period end, AR	25.00%		25.00%		25.00%
Customer B [Member] \| Accounts Receivable [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration at period end, AR	24.00%		24.00%		25.00%
Customer C [Member] \| Accounts Receivable [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration at period end, AR	24.00%		24.00%		23.00%
Customer D [Member] \| Accounts Receivable [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration at period end, AR	13.00%		13.00%		14.00%
Customer 1 [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage Revenues	24.00%	23.00%	26.00%	24.00%
Customer 2 [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage Revenues	22.00%	21.00%	23.00%	23.00%
Customer 3 [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage Revenues	20.00%	19.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Customer 4 [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage Revenues	8.00%	10.00%	9.00%	11.00%