I have spoken to many in-service members when subbing. Most have no idea what retirees have been going through nor do they even care. I also tell them that they are next to lose benefits. I have been told that they would give up insurance for more money. The young staff believe they will be younger and healthy forever. How sad.
As chapter leader, I discovered a newer member had been working for six months without signing up for insurance. I hunted her down and insisted. She was very young. I told her anyone could get sick, and that, without insurance, she could go into debt that would make her student loans feel like a walk in the park. She gave in and signed up. I'm sure she's not the only one who's done that.
The Municipal Labor Committee, by law, is not tasked with negotiating health care. It deals with administrative functions. Only Unions that hold a certificate to negotiate can, in fact, negotiate. Mulgrew et al have contorted the real function of the MLC.
Given its history, I'd love to see health care out of its hands. It's doing a terrible job and has made some of the stupidest deals I've ever seen. And even as that happens, it allows the city to lowball whatever union it can, and hold the rest of us to sub-inflationary increases. It's counter-productive.
Spot on!
GOOD POST, WELL SAID !
Thank you!
I have spoken to many in-service members when subbing. Most have no idea what retirees have been going through nor do they even care. I also tell them that they are next to lose benefits. I have been told that they would give up insurance for more money. The young staff believe they will be younger and healthy forever. How sad.
As chapter leader, I discovered a newer member had been working for six months without signing up for insurance. I hunted her down and insisted. She was very young. I told her anyone could get sick, and that, without insurance, she could go into debt that would make her student loans feel like a walk in the park. She gave in and signed up. I'm sure she's not the only one who's done that.
The Municipal Labor Committee, by law, is not tasked with negotiating health care. It deals with administrative functions. Only Unions that hold a certificate to negotiate can, in fact, negotiate. Mulgrew et al have contorted the real function of the MLC.
Given its history, I'd love to see health care out of its hands. It's doing a terrible job and has made some of the stupidest deals I've ever seen. And even as that happens, it allows the city to lowball whatever union it can, and hold the rest of us to sub-inflationary increases. It's counter-productive.