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2019-09-19 Economy

GM no longer paying for striking workers' health insurance as negotiations enter 3rd day

No SHIT?? You're on strike, what did you expect?
[ABCNews] General Motors is no longer paying the health care costs for the tens of thousands of auto workers who went on strike on Monday, shifting the costs instead to a union fund.

More than 49,000 union workers walked off their jobs on Sunday night, starting a nationwide strike at General Motors. As negotiations enter their third day on Wednesday, the health coverage for striking workers will no longer be covered by GM.

Mary Kay Henry, the president of the Service Employees International Union which represents more than 2 million members slammed the news in a statement, calling it "heartless and unconscionable."

"GM's decision to yank healthcare coverage away from their dedicated employees, in the dead of night, with no warning, is heartless and unconscionable. GM's actions could put people's lives at risk, from the factory worker who needs treatment for their asthma to the child who relies on their parents' insurance for chemotherapy," she said. "Thankfully these men and women have their union, which is making sure working people and their families can continue to get care."

In a statement to ABC News, GM expressed sympathy that "strikes can be difficult and disruptive to families."

Posted by Frank G 2019-09-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 What part of 'He who will not work, will not eat' didn't you understand.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-09-19 07:22|| 2019-09-19 07:22|| Front Page Top

#2 i despise unions, will never own a car built by ‘the new gm,’
who to root for?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2019-09-19 09:46|| 2019-09-19 09:46|| Front Page Top

#3 The union fund is there for this. GM should reset their company seniority when they return to zero. Make it hurt, like the local businesses and production plant vendors are now hurting.

Posted by 49 Pan 2019-09-19 13:18|| 2019-09-19 13:18|| Front Page Top

#4 But the CEO of General Motors is a woman. They are more caring, more sensitive (so we've been told.) How can this action be "heartless and unconscionable"? Is this a sexist criticism of a powerful woman?

Posted by Tom 2019-09-19 13:36|| 2019-09-19 13:36|| Front Page Top

#5 re #3: Nonsense, 49 Pan. The union fund is there to pad the pockets of the union leaders. Every body knows that. /sarcasm

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-09-19 14:32|| 2019-09-19 14:32|| Front Page Top

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