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<blockquote data-quote="oldtymer" data-source="post: 1058485" data-attributes="member: 43923">Speaking to an inside part timer who doesn&#039;t know who their b/a is is nothing new. I&#039;ve been here almost 24 years as a full timer, 14 of those as a steward who was very involved and spoke to part timers all the time. I can tell you that even with the old board half the part timers had no clue who their b/a was (or their steward for that matter). A large chunk of them are only here for a paycheck and are not involved or concerend in the slightest about the union, I tried to change that in my building but all I did was give myself headaches from pounding my head against the wall.As far as the medical goes, even when we had Magnacare if you followed the plan the coverage was good. You need to do your homework and just follow up once in a while. Medical costs will continue to rise regardless of who is in office but let me ask you this.....any reasonable adult knows these costs will go up not down, right? Why did the old board leave our co-pays, prescription costs, etc so low for so long? Why didn&#039;t they look to the future and make small increase every 18 months or so to keep up with costs and stay ahead of the problem of rising costs? Co-pays would have risen to $20 regardless but it would have been over the course of a few years.....not the overnight shock we all endured. Just my opinion though......Happy Thanksgiving to all!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldtymer, post: 1058485, member: 43923"] Speaking to an inside part timer who doesn't know who their b/a is is nothing new. I've been here almost 24 years as a full timer, 14 of those as a steward who was very involved and spoke to part timers all the time. I can tell you that even with the old board half the part timers had no clue who their b/a was (or their steward for that matter). A large chunk of them are only here for a paycheck and are not involved or concerend in the slightest about the union, I tried to change that in my building but all I did was give myself headaches from pounding my head against the wall. As far as the medical goes, even when we had Magnacare if you followed the plan the coverage was good. You need to do your homework and just follow up once in a while. Medical costs will continue to rise regardless of who is in office but let me ask you this.....any reasonable adult knows these costs will go up not down, right? Why did the old board leave our co-pays, prescription costs, etc so low for so long? Why didn't they look to the future and make small increase every 18 months or so to keep up with costs and stay ahead of the problem of rising costs? Co-pays would have risen to $20 regardless but it would have been over the course of a few years.....not the overnight shock we all endured. Just my opinion though......Happy Thanksgiving to all! [/QUOTE]

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