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<blockquote data-quote="InsideUPS" data-source="post: 1201546" data-attributes="member: 31414"><p>Thank you for your post Piedmont.. In regard to your comment "Is it perfect? No. <u><strong>Is it a concession? Well.. sort of</strong></u>. It's not the same level of coverage (there are some reductions here-and-there along with the deductible)...</p><p></p><p>I also once thought that any slight reduction in benefit coverage is a concession however, it was not until I looked at the actual costs involved that it came to me...... a reduction in benefits does not necessarily equate into a concession. For me at least, putting the whole benefit issue in terms of dollars and cents made it easier for me to understand. </p><p></p><p>Take wages for example, just because we had greater hourly increases from year to year in the past contract compared to this contract, we are still moving in a positive (non-concessionary) direction. This same line of thought goes for health & welfare benefits. If UPS contributes more money toward our H & W benefits but that increase in funding does not pay for the same level of benefits due to inflationary health care costs, I cannot in all good faith blame the Union or UPS. We (the Union) cannot expect UPS to simply come up with X amount of dollars to pay for Y increase of rising health care costs. I understand why many people view it as a concession....but.....translated into dollars and cents.....it is absolutely not a concession.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsideUPS, post: 1201546, member: 31414"] Thank you for your post Piedmont.. In regard to your comment "Is it perfect? No. [U][B]Is it a concession? Well.. sort of[/B][/U]. It's not the same level of coverage (there are some reductions here-and-there along with the deductible)... I also once thought that any slight reduction in benefit coverage is a concession however, it was not until I looked at the actual costs involved that it came to me...... a reduction in benefits does not necessarily equate into a concession. For me at least, putting the whole benefit issue in terms of dollars and cents made it easier for me to understand. Take wages for example, just because we had greater hourly increases from year to year in the past contract compared to this contract, we are still moving in a positive (non-concessionary) direction. This same line of thought goes for health & welfare benefits. If UPS contributes more money toward our H & W benefits but that increase in funding does not pay for the same level of benefits due to inflationary health care costs, I cannot in all good faith blame the Union or UPS. We (the Union) cannot expect UPS to simply come up with X amount of dollars to pay for Y increase of rising health care costs. I understand why many people view it as a concession....but.....translated into dollars and cents.....it is absolutely not a concession. [/QUOTE]
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