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[T-Link Reporter]

Teamsters Local 986 is demanding the immediate reinstatement of medical benefits for more than 160 workers at Okonite’s Santa Maria plant in California after the company abruptly cut off their health care coverage. Okonite, a wire and cable manufacturer, ended workers’ health care coverage on May 19, hours after workers voted down the company’s last substandard contract offer, and before their strike began on May 20.



“I’ve worked at Okonite for years and never imagined they’d pull something this cruel. I need a monthly shot to stay alive, and now I’m being told it’ll cost me a thousand dollars out of pocket,” said Rick Olson, an operator at the Santa Maria plant. “They didn’t just take away my benefits, they put my health and my life at risk.”

















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