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  Insurance-Cost Increases Anger Employees March 28, 2005 Earlier this month, workers at a freight hauling company in Iowa voted to join Local 238 in Cedar Rapids. The workers at the Farner-Bocken distribution center in Centerville, Iowa voted 13-3 to join the Teamsters. All 16 workers in the bargaining unit voted. "Cost increases to the workers’ health-insurance coverage angered many workers," said Jesse Case, an organizer with Local 238. On Christmas Eve, the company informed workers that their medical insurance deductibles were increasing from $1,000 to $6,000 for families, and from $500 to $2,000 for singles. In addition, their prescription drug cards couldn’t be used until they had reached their deductibles. The workers responded by reaching out to Local 238, which provides solid representation to more than 6,000 Iowans.
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