Posted on 09/23/2019 2:37:35 PM PDT by matt04
General Motors is playing hardball with striking UAW members.
The company is pulling the plug on the healthcare coverage effective Tuesday, Sept. 17. That means the tab will have to be picked up by the union for workers to continue coverage. The same fund that pays workers $250 a week strike pay, and there's a total $750 million in the fund.
“How I look at it is, we’re here for the company, we were here for them during all the downturns," said Stephanie Carpenter, a 22-year employee of GM who was picketing in front of the company's headquarters Tuesday. "They need to be here for us now.”
Notices are being post on UAW local Facebook pages fueling the concerns of workers. The notice states, "Heads up to all active workers, GM has canceled out health care."
(Excerpt) Read more at wxyz.com ...
You were there....and you got paid. You want to share in the profits? Buy stock.
They’re all under COBRA, so they really have 60 days before their coverage actually lapses. The union suggesting that workers went without healthcare overnight is a lie.
“”How I look at it is, we’re here for the company, we were here for them during all the downturns,” said Stephanie Carpenter, a 22-year employee of GM who was picketing...”
And the company was there for you also, Stephanie.
Meh. Employers are cutting back on employee health insurance benefits all over the country, strike or no strike. They probably would have done this sooner or later anyway.
Morons. The company DOES NOT NEED YOU.
Too good
$65.00 an hour and these stoopids are striking?
Put out a help wanted sign
See how many folks apply
And these are ‘t high trained
Positions
WXYX cannot get the story straight. Theyhave a week 9f coverage fromt today.
“Hahahaha. You chose to walk off the job, that has consequences. Enjoy the measly $250 they union give you in strike pay and suck it up.“
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$250/week X 50,000 employees = $12,500,000. Divide that into $750,000,000 = 60 weeks. Health ins probably runs about $1,000/month which cuts the fund in half meaning it would last 30 weeks. Then, subtract union leadership salaries, fixed overhead and the fund starts disappearing real fast. So, I say good idea GM....
The employees can apply for Cobra while on strike, I wrk in the grocery industry in CA. also union. They were threatening a strike we would have also been required to apply for Cobra if the strike had occurred, I HATE UNIONS!!! The damn union wanted higher wages and right now CA. is in the process of raising minimum wage to $15.00 an hour, how much does the union believe someone bagging groceries should make an hour??? I can’t believe that the union for GM thinks that the company should pay medical benefits when workers walked off the job!!!
“Hahahaha. You chose to walk off the job, that has consequences. Enjoy the measly $250 they union give you in strike pay and suck it up.“
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$250/week X 50,000 employees = $12,500,000. Divide that into $750,000,000 = 60 weeks. Health ins probably runs about $1,000/month which cuts the fund in half meaning it would last 30 weeks. Then, subtract union leadership salaries, fixed overhead and the fund starts disappearing real fast. So, I say good idea GM....
“Stephanie Carpenter, a 22-year employee of GM...”
Time’s Up, Sister. Retire. Let a younger Unionista milk GM dry while you can still retire in style! ;)
The problem with strikes....no matter what you get for an increase, you’ll never get the lost salary back.
COBRA is expensive.
“Health ins probably runs about $1,000/month”
My wife and I pay $1540 per month for $7500 EACH deductible. I bet GM’s cushy health figures are $1500+ for an individual and $3000 + for a family.
They’re all under COBRA,
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I thought COBRA only guaranteed you can buy the insurance and that price, it didn’t pay anything.
Their health care coverage is lapsed. They can enroll in COBRA Continuation Coverage. They can enroll immediately or wait as long as 60 days to and enroll retroactively by paying the full premium. But if they did not enroll then they have no health care insurance.
Given the cost of gold plated health care insurance I doubt many of them will do this. So as the strike goes on expect to hear about all the UAW members going without health care.
I promote buying American, but I won't fault anyone for refusing to buy a UAW product. I hope those in that boat consider transplants so we can at least keep the manufacturing jobs here.
Sure, as long as they pay the premiums.
Yeh, you’re probably right.
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