The UAW announced today that its membership defeated a proposed labor agreement with Ford Motor Company. This agreement is said to closely mirror the agreements already set in place with Chrysler and General Motors that were negotiated earlier this year. Are you kidding me?!
After hearing the news, the left side of my brain thought, Good for them. The right side of my brain thought that this is one of the most ridiculous moves perpetuated by one of the most ridiculous organizations in the country, the UAW.
Needless to say, the right side of my brain won the argument.
What are these people thinking? I know it may be hard for the common line worker to see the global implications of their labor contracts, but I can’t believe that the leadership of the UAW allowed this to happen. Don’t kid yourself; the UAW leadership has the power to swing the vote in any direction they want. These workers just voted their company out of serious marketplace shares.
With diminishing demand for American made automobiles, I just don’t understand why these workers would vote themselves out of a job.
For those that are ill informed, or don’t live in an auto industry economy like Michigan, Ford was the only company out of the Big Three (Ford, GM, Chrysler) that did not take government bailout money. Sure, the government would have put their execs through the ringer as they did with GM and Chrysler, but the money was there for the taking, and they opted out.
If that doesn’t say something for Ford, nothing ever will. This is a company that I thought was viable enough to compete on a global scale because of their financial stability. Now, I just don’t know.
The days of the $60,000 a year factory job, with all expense paid benefits and retirement pensions, are over. The American auto companies are being forced to take a step back and re-evaluate their market share and potential. They have to make tough choices about their financial solvency and the future of their company. Shouldn’t the works be forced to do the same by UAW leadership?
Way to vote yourselves out of a job!
SHAMELESS PROMOTIONS I MAKE ON THE PART OF OTHER PEOPLE:
Again, check out www.kaptainmyke.com (trust the Kaptain)
www.tomsshoes.com
That’s it for today’s post of:
Chuck Amok on the World, Life, and Living Fat
I can be reached on facebook or email me at sorrellcharles@yahoo.com
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
WHAT THE HELL IS A CO-PAY?
Once again it is time for open enrollment at my company. Every year I get presented with three or four choices for health insurance and I have to make the decision that I feel is right for myself and my family.
If you have never experienced this, let me just tell you that the choices are daunting to say the least.
With terms like, coinsurance percentage, co-pay, optional co-pay, single deductible, family deductible, and multiple choices for optional coverage, the choice becomes as complicated as trying to complete taxes and navigating through IRS terminology. (I won’t rant about the IRS now, just wait for another post…).
I sit down on a daily basis and think I have all of the options figured out. The next day I take another look and get confused all over again.
To complicate matters, there is absolutely no one at my company that is an expert on medical insurance. So I turn to my co-workers and they know just about as much, or less, than I do.
It could be so easy. Why can’t they just say, if you need to use your insurance, here is what you pay and we cover the rest? Why are there five different deductibles or co-pays? What the hell is the difference between a deductible and co-pay?
Why the hell is this so complicated?
I know. Because some freaking pencil pusher decided to make it so complicated that the common person will be unable to tell just what they have coverage for and how much they will pay.
In what is supposed to be the greatest country in the world, why do we even have to make a choice between health care plans? We should have been the pioneer in universal health care. Instead, we are the last western country without it.
Forget my problems. At least I have a choice. What about the people that don’t have an option. Just read some stories on this website:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/health-care-action-center/
How can we let citizens of this great nation go bankrupt because of medical bills? How can we let health care providers decide what is best for our health? How can we sit back and be so complacent about the thing that matters most, our health?
SHAMELESS PROMOTIONS I MAKE ON THE PART OF OTHER PEOPLE:
Again, check out www.kaptainmyke.com (trust the Kaptain)
www.tomsshoes.com
That’s it for today’s post of:
Chuck Amok on the World, Life, and Living Fat
I can be reached on facebook or email me at sorrellcharles@yahoo.com
If you have never experienced this, let me just tell you that the choices are daunting to say the least.
With terms like, coinsurance percentage, co-pay, optional co-pay, single deductible, family deductible, and multiple choices for optional coverage, the choice becomes as complicated as trying to complete taxes and navigating through IRS terminology. (I won’t rant about the IRS now, just wait for another post…).
I sit down on a daily basis and think I have all of the options figured out. The next day I take another look and get confused all over again.
To complicate matters, there is absolutely no one at my company that is an expert on medical insurance. So I turn to my co-workers and they know just about as much, or less, than I do.
It could be so easy. Why can’t they just say, if you need to use your insurance, here is what you pay and we cover the rest? Why are there five different deductibles or co-pays? What the hell is the difference between a deductible and co-pay?
Why the hell is this so complicated?
I know. Because some freaking pencil pusher decided to make it so complicated that the common person will be unable to tell just what they have coverage for and how much they will pay.
In what is supposed to be the greatest country in the world, why do we even have to make a choice between health care plans? We should have been the pioneer in universal health care. Instead, we are the last western country without it.
Forget my problems. At least I have a choice. What about the people that don’t have an option. Just read some stories on this website:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/health-care-action-center/
How can we let citizens of this great nation go bankrupt because of medical bills? How can we let health care providers decide what is best for our health? How can we sit back and be so complacent about the thing that matters most, our health?
SHAMELESS PROMOTIONS I MAKE ON THE PART OF OTHER PEOPLE:
Again, check out www.kaptainmyke.com (trust the Kaptain)
www.tomsshoes.com
That’s it for today’s post of:
Chuck Amok on the World, Life, and Living Fat
I can be reached on facebook or email me at sorrellcharles@yahoo.com
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
