Grocery union shifts health costs to its own workers
By Katherine Ann Rowlands
The Tribune
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"The union that is striking largely over a proposal to shift health-care costs to employees of supermarket chains in Southern California is doing the same thing to its own workers."
Oh, the irony
By Silas Lyons
slyons@thetribunenews.com
The Tribune
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"I wonder how many of the shoppers who have been going out of their way to support the union would do so if they knew this."
WBNG UFCW Unit Guild News Fall 2003 Newsletter
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"UFCW confirmed at employee meetings October 1 and 2 that it is cost shifting health care costs to employees and retirees. According to Benefits Administrator Lori Werner, the increase in prescription co-pays alone will take about $275,000 more dollars out of employees' pockets....Employees with fewer than twenty years will pay 50% of their retiree health premium, which currently totals a whopping $993/month for each retiree, single or married....UFCW confirmed that there might well be more changes, stating that retiree health is not a guaranteed benefit, implying that it could be taken away entirely."
By Katherine Ann Rowlands
The Tribune
Link
"The union that is striking largely over a proposal to shift health-care costs to employees of supermarket chains in Southern California is doing the same thing to its own workers."
Oh, the irony
By Silas Lyons
slyons@thetribunenews.com
The Tribune
Link
"I wonder how many of the shoppers who have been going out of their way to support the union would do so if they knew this."
WBNG UFCW Unit Guild News Fall 2003 Newsletter
Link
"UFCW confirmed at employee meetings October 1 and 2 that it is cost shifting health care costs to employees and retirees. According to Benefits Administrator Lori Werner, the increase in prescription co-pays alone will take about $275,000 more dollars out of employees' pockets....Employees with fewer than twenty years will pay 50% of their retiree health premium, which currently totals a whopping $993/month for each retiree, single or married....UFCW confirmed that there might well be more changes, stating that retiree health is not a guaranteed benefit, implying that it could be taken away entirely."
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