Airline food workers push for lower health care costs

chicagobusiness.com ^ | January 29, 2015 | Ally Marotti

[mdittmar]

Dozens of airline catering workers gathered at United Airlines' Chicago headquarters today, asking officials to pressure contractors who offer high-cost, high-deductible health care coverage workers can't afford.

The rally was part of a national campaign led by Unite Here, which says it represents 12,000 airline catering workers at 31 U.S. airports, about 900 of in Chicago. Meghan Cohorst, a spokeswoman for Unite Here, said about 40 percent of the union's workers make less than $10.10 per hour. That is not enough to pay for the health insurance plans their employers are offering, she said.

[mdittmar]

The cost of insurance has been a problem for airline food workers for years, she said, but now workers fear the fine outlined in the Affordable Care Act that awaits the uninsured

Well looks like it sucks to be a union member;)

[Fungi]

Obamacare, can they say that?

[Zathras]

UAL employee union...why does that not surprise me.

[molson209]

Read a First aid Book ?

[caver]

I hate to paint a broad brush, but most airline support jobs are held by Obama’s people. And you know what, those that bothered to vote, voted for Barry. No sympathy here.

[goodnesswins]

Union workers, eh? Tough tooties

[mylife]

I am tempted to say effem
I can’t even get a packet of peanuts from these people.

[Don Corleone]

40 percent of the union's workers make less than $10.10 per hour

Which is more than an E-1 in the Army makes and he doesn't get to go home every night. Also, why does United need food workers? They don't serve food on their flights anyway, at least anything that would pass for food.

[trisham]

I can’t remember the last time I was offered a meal on a plane. Actually, I can. It was on an Air India flight to London in 1985.

[Caipirabob]

May every one of them who voted for Obama experience the nightmares that innocents who didn’t have had with obunglecare.

[null and void]

Ah yes, I had the lasagna...

[DAC21]

What a bunch of Tool’s. Nothing but blind lemmings laughing at others whom got caught up in Fraudcare, until it caught up with them. STFU and eat your pudding.

[RetiredTexasVet]

“Here, said about 40 percent of the union’s workers make less than $10.10 per hour. That is not enough to pay for the health insurance plans their employers are offering, she said.”

Reduce their union dues and they would be making $15.10 a hour.

[petenmi]

Maybe they should leave the union and use the money saved from not paying dues towards their health insurance premiums.

[clearcarbon]

Did the unions think that by showing their support for demRATs obamacare would passover them?

[Paul R.]

Dozens of airline catering workers gathered at United Airlines' Chicago headquarters today, asking officials to pressure contractors who offer high-cost, high-deductible health care coverage workers can't ObamaCare almost no one can afford.

Fixed it.

[mowowie]

I’m sure this in no way will affect their plans to vote Hillary! in less than 2 years...