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<blockquote data-quote="The Milkman" data-source="post: 2094279" data-attributes="member: 22760"><p>The past contracts that I voted on showed so much per hour of a raise, so much per hour into the Pension, so much into benefits. Now those benefits at the time were for from what I can remember, were for current workers. What my beef is, When a new health & welfare plan was designed by UPS, they came around and offered it to us workers, a chance to chance plans. We sat through a meeting explaining the plan choices. I believe at the time it was to UPS's advantage to have members in Traditional plans to switch to mail order drugs etc. Plus the fact that the new plan provided dental & vision care which the Traditional plan at retirement was not offered. I hung it up 1/1/08. We were all told that we had to be on the NEW plan for 4 years prior to retirement. So I believe I switched possibly in 03 or 04. Now guys that had 10 years or more to go did not have to make a snap decision like I did because they still had time to think it over the next few years. Once word got around that it was better than the traditional plan, many started to slide over into the new plan. After all, being on a plan that you understood of 20 years,and knew how it worked, it took some deep thought to decide to change the plan you were in. I found that in the long run it was a lot better, and the low low cost we were told that we would pay till age 65 of $50.00 was a home run, now we see foul balls instead. At least from my past Locals point of view when the current workers took the bait and switch on the last contract getting a $400 monthly increase in their pension benefit ( Uh hello...Now a big chunk or most of it will go back to UPS in the form of higher monthly medical costs) So now the big increase in the pension is given back in the form of higher medical costs..So looks like UPS wins again</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Milkman, post: 2094279, member: 22760"] The past contracts that I voted on showed so much per hour of a raise, so much per hour into the Pension, so much into benefits. Now those benefits at the time were for from what I can remember, were for current workers. What my beef is, When a new health & welfare plan was designed by UPS, they came around and offered it to us workers, a chance to chance plans. We sat through a meeting explaining the plan choices. I believe at the time it was to UPS's advantage to have members in Traditional plans to switch to mail order drugs etc. Plus the fact that the new plan provided dental & vision care which the Traditional plan at retirement was not offered. I hung it up 1/1/08. We were all told that we had to be on the NEW plan for 4 years prior to retirement. So I believe I switched possibly in 03 or 04. Now guys that had 10 years or more to go did not have to make a snap decision like I did because they still had time to think it over the next few years. Once word got around that it was better than the traditional plan, many started to slide over into the new plan. After all, being on a plan that you understood of 20 years,and knew how it worked, it took some deep thought to decide to change the plan you were in. I found that in the long run it was a lot better, and the low low cost we were told that we would pay till age 65 of $50.00 was a home run, now we see foul balls instead. At least from my past Locals point of view when the current workers took the bait and switch on the last contract getting a $400 monthly increase in their pension benefit ( Uh hello...Now a big chunk or most of it will go back to UPS in the form of higher monthly medical costs) So now the big increase in the pension is given back in the form of higher medical costs..So looks like UPS wins again [/QUOTE]
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