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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 1282624" data-attributes="member: 14176">Who are you trying&nbsp; to kid, it&#039;s already happening, through attrition?Full time employees aren&#039;t being replaced as it is, and the new single day vacation driver language in the Central Region Supplement is going to make full time opportunities even more scarce.So is the company contributing the same amount of $ for a part time employee as they are for a full time employee to the Central States H&amp;W fund?Would these same part time employees be eligible for these &quot;subsides&quot; if this were not a TH plan.Could this be a mirage for part time employees who think this to be a good thing, only to have the rug pulled out from under them when presented with ever increasing annual deductibles?Part timers will be economically crippled with deductibles.If overall H&amp;W costs &quot;lower&quot;, it will be the first thing that has happened&nbsp; under the ACA that was supposed to, and the first time it has lowered...ever?Reality dictates that advancement in medicine costs money.Who better to shoulder the burden, but the companies that benefit from the fruit of healthier employees?To proceed as if H&amp;W costs will ever &quot;lower&quot;, is irresponsible.This letter in its entirety, coupled with the &quot;Big Picture&quot; of this concessionary contract, illustrates the gaping holes we are facing going forward if this Master is ever signed off on. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 1282624, member: 14176"] [I][B]Who are you trying to kid, it's already happening, through attrition? Full time employees aren't being replaced as it is, and the new single day vacation driver language in the Central Region Supplement is going to make full time opportunities even more scarce.[/B][/I] [I][B]So is the company contributing the same amount of $ for a part time employee as they are for a full time employee to the Central States H&W fund? Would these same part time employees be eligible for these "subsides" if this were not a TH plan. Could this be a mirage for part time employees who think this to be a good thing, only to have the rug pulled out from under them when presented with ever increasing annual deductibles? Part timers will be economically crippled with deductibles.[/B][/I] [B][I]If overall H&W costs "lower", it will be the first thing that has happened under the ACA that was supposed to, and the first time it has lowered...[SIZE=4]ever[/SIZE]? Reality dictates that advancement in medicine costs money. Who better to shoulder the burden, but the companies that benefit from the fruit of healthier employees? To proceed as if H&W costs will ever "lower", is irresponsible.[/I][/B] [B][I]This letter in its entirety, coupled with the "Big Picture" of this concessionary contract, illustrates the gaping holes we are facing going forward if this Master is ever signed off on. [/I][/B] [/QUOTE]

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