[TheForge] OT Union Rant (Was Re: concrete)

Thu Mar 18 13:03:00 2004

What I want to know is why don't many employees consider the health 
package as part of the wage.
I once had a guy tell me that his raise was too small, even though it 
came on top of a $200 mo increase in his insurance.

Mike Graf

Darrell wrote:

> One thing the union would do for sure is take a good part of what you have
> left.
> Why do people think it is the bosses job to pay for health care?
> Darrell
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>>Where I work (all three jobs) are nonunion shops. I have slowly watched my
>>benefits and hours shrink over the past 10 years.
>>  On my main "Full time" job.  First went the Christmas bonus. OK, that
>>wasn't that big a deal, then two hundred employee parking spaces were
> 
> gifted to
> 
>>physicians only, then we get cut from 40hrs with option of 8hrs overtime
> 
> every
> 
>>other week to straight 40hrs overtime available first come first serve.
> 
> Then
> 
>>40hrs no overtime in your dept. but if you want to work in another dept.
> 
> that is
> 
>>ok. We briefly had 40hrs no overtime period. Now it is 36hrs period no
>>overtime allowed.  Hence the 3 jobs.
>>    I still am full time with benefits (in 10 years my cost of benefits
> 
> have
> 
>>jumped 10 times and I now have less coverage now for more price) I still
>>accrue retirement but only at 36 hrs. At this rate by the time I can
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> retire I will
> 
>>be short numerous years.
>>        I would leave but in this area my circumstances are by comparison
>>quite good.  Its a shame that I have to say that but I don't think anyone
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> is
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>>doing any better. By looking at other hospitals in my area they are in
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> worse shape
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>>and treat the employees worse. Bring on the Union, Cant get much worse.
>>Time enough for sleep in the grave.
>>Tod Estes.
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