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<blockquote data-quote="InsideUPS" data-source="post: 1918931" data-attributes="member: 31414">I totally agree that the entire healthcare/TeamCare issue during our last contract was nothing but a ruse.&nbsp;&nbsp; Each Local Union should have had the option to choose healthcare plans that are available in their own immediate/respective areas.&nbsp; Some Local Unions were permitted to stay with their own healthcare plans (not company...not Union)&nbsp; as outlined in the Riders while others were FORCED to join TeamCare.&nbsp;&nbsp; It all depended on how much &quot;political clout&quot; your BA had at the time of the agreement.&nbsp; (As an FYI to some....there are Locals that negotiate their own healthcare plans with local providers that have superior benefits to that of TeamCare.) Forcing people into the CS TeamCare plan was not done in the best interest of the UPS Teamster members......it was done to supplement yet another Central States related entity that has been historically synonymous with &quot;fiscal mismanagement&quot; and/or &quot;reduced benefits&quot;.... a.k.a. (CSPF)&nbsp; This is yet another issue that makes it very difficult to organize non-union companies.&nbsp; The benefits of being in a Union are reduced with each and every contract for many.&nbsp; (Selling out the unborn, the newbies, and the retired while supplementing the older active employees is a tactic that continues to work very well for both the company and the Union)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="InsideUPS, post: 1918931, member: 31414"] I totally agree that the entire healthcare/TeamCare issue during our last contract was nothing but a ruse. Each Local Union should have had the option to choose healthcare plans that are available in their own immediate/respective areas. Some Local Unions were permitted to stay with their own healthcare plans (not company...not Union) as outlined in the Riders while others were FORCED to join TeamCare. It all depended on how much "political clout" your BA had at the time of the agreement. (As an FYI to some....there are Locals that negotiate their own healthcare plans with local providers that have superior benefits to that of TeamCare.) Forcing people into the CS TeamCare plan was not done in the best interest of the UPS Teamster members......it was done to supplement yet another Central States related entity that has been historically synonymous with "fiscal mismanagement" and/or "reduced benefits".... a.k.a. (CSPF) This is yet another issue that makes it very difficult to organize non-union companies. The benefits of being in a Union are reduced with each and every contract for many. (Selling out the unborn, the newbies, and the retired while supplementing the older active employees is a tactic that continues to work very well for both the company and the Union) [/QUOTE]

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