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is it really cheaper to move part-timers health-care to teamsters
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<blockquote data-quote="Benben" data-source="post: 1179480" data-attributes="member: 25133"><p>6 years ago yes, but UPS screwed that up trying to save a dime. 6 years ago we had college kids loading our trucks. They were in college so we knew they could tell the difference between a 2000 pal and a 7000 pal so the drivers were happy! The college kids wanted 2 things; Beer money and insurance (encase they broke their arm balcony-diving after drinking their beer.....that's the only time a male college kid goes to the doctor....ok that and when the girl down the hall gave them an itch somewhere not so fun to have an itch.) The long and short of it is the insurance rarely, if ever, got used. </p><p></p><p>UPS changed the game and made new workers wait over a year before they could get their insurance. The college kids weren't so dumb as to realize they make the same money for doing 1/10th the work everywhere else and without the insurance working PT at UPS had no upside. As we lost the college kids they were replaced not by other college kids but with people who are there <strong>ONLY FOR THE INSURANCE</strong>, <em>again,</em> the pay is the same everywhere else and the work is sooooo much easier everywhere else! The new PT'ers are not there for insurance for themselves but insurance for their family! So now the cost of insurance goes way up due to covering a family of 4+ where as it used to be just a college guy wanting a beer!</p><p></p><p>UPS saved a dime but it cost them dollars to do so. Now don't get me wrong, UPS is smart as hell. Look at what they just did last month................They just pawned healthcare costs off onto the Teamsters!!!!!</p><p>The costs for healthcare always goes up and in a few years the Teamsters are going to be forced to either raise the deductable AND copay or decrease coverage. Either way the teamsters will be blamed by the members (and rightfully so!) as UPS laughs all the way to the bank. The sick part of this is they still won't be hiring the strong-backed college kids who can count and won't use the insurance!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benben, post: 1179480, member: 25133"] 6 years ago yes, but UPS screwed that up trying to save a dime. 6 years ago we had college kids loading our trucks. They were in college so we knew they could tell the difference between a 2000 pal and a 7000 pal so the drivers were happy! The college kids wanted 2 things; Beer money and insurance (encase they broke their arm balcony-diving after drinking their beer.....that's the only time a male college kid goes to the doctor....ok that and when the girl down the hall gave them an itch somewhere not so fun to have an itch.) The long and short of it is the insurance rarely, if ever, got used. UPS changed the game and made new workers wait over a year before they could get their insurance. The college kids weren't so dumb as to realize they make the same money for doing 1/10th the work everywhere else and without the insurance working PT at UPS had no upside. As we lost the college kids they were replaced not by other college kids but with people who are there [B]ONLY FOR THE INSURANCE[/B], [I]again,[/I] the pay is the same everywhere else and the work is sooooo much easier everywhere else! The new PT'ers are not there for insurance for themselves but insurance for their family! So now the cost of insurance goes way up due to covering a family of 4+ where as it used to be just a college guy wanting a beer! UPS saved a dime but it cost them dollars to do so. Now don't get me wrong, UPS is smart as hell. Look at what they just did last month................They just pawned healthcare costs off onto the Teamsters!!!!! The costs for healthcare always goes up and in a few years the Teamsters are going to be forced to either raise the deductable AND copay or decrease coverage. Either way the teamsters will be blamed by the members (and rightfully so!) as UPS laughs all the way to the bank. The sick part of this is they still won't be hiring the strong-backed college kids who can count and won't use the insurance!!! [/QUOTE]
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