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<blockquote data-quote="DiligentUPSer" data-source="post: 1133374" data-attributes="member: 43544">From the date the tentative agreement was reached until today when the details were released, I stood on the fence waiting for the details of the contract and health insurance to come out in full before leaning toward a &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no&quot; decision. I did not want to jump to any conclusions without all the details. Now that I&#039;ve seen both, this has to be a NO for me. I did not care much for the contract when I read it Tuesday afternoon. UPS had their way in these negotiations and appear to have been better prepared. Even the bragging points for the union all turn out being cost effective for UPS. As a nearly 9 year part-timer, and even considering the 4 year progression and all these other small concessions, I would have been a borderline yes on the contract IF the health insurance was identical to what we currently have -- it isn&#039;t.Now I read the health care plan, and while it&#039;s somewhat close to our current health insurance, it has even more concessions:- Increasing deductibles every year of the contract compared to never having any deductibles previously- Only 80% covered on diagnostics, compared to 90% in the current contract and 100% in the contract before that. - much higher prescription costs- Co-payments on eye exams and what appears to be reduced overall coverage on the vision planThe overall compensation package is fine for now compared to other jobs, but what does the future look like if we keep giving out concessions every contract? Once you give them out, you don&#039;t get them back. This doesn&#039;t bode well for UPSers in the distant future.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DiligentUPSer, post: 1133374, member: 43544"] From the date the tentative agreement was reached until today when the details were released, I stood on the fence waiting for the details of the contract and health insurance to come out in full before leaning toward a "yes" or "no" decision. I did not want to jump to any conclusions without all the details. Now that I've seen both, this has to be a NO for me. I did not care much for the contract when I read it Tuesday afternoon. UPS had their way in these negotiations and appear to have been better prepared. Even the bragging points for the union all turn out being cost effective for UPS. As a nearly 9 year part-timer, and even considering the 4 year progression and all these other small concessions, I would have been a borderline yes on the contract [B]IF[/B] the health insurance was identical to what we currently have -- it isn't. Now I read the health care plan, and while it's somewhat close to our current health insurance, it has even more concessions: - Increasing deductibles every year of the contract compared to never having any deductibles previously - Only 80% covered on diagnostics, compared to 90% in the current contract and 100% in the contract before that. - much higher prescription costs - Co-payments on eye exams and what appears to be reduced overall coverage on the vision plan The overall compensation package is fine for now compared to other jobs, but what does the future look like if we keep giving out concessions every contract? Once you give them out, you don't get them back. This doesn't bode well for UPSers in the distant future. [/QUOTE]

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