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Originally Posted by Jammer
Well, I still believe a level playing feel IS something to care about. In fact we might have many more jobs come back to the U.S. if it was not for that painful expectation of big manufacturers to supply decent medical insurance to full time workers. When they move operations to a Country that has some form of Universal Health Insurance then these companies can normally build the same product with a labor force that can likely have the same benefits at much lest cost and make a larger profit sooner. With that behind them it gives them much more room to spend more time devoted to the R&D of new cars/trucks.
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Sure, the expectation is there. Guess what? Noone has to fulfill it. Benefits are not a company obligation, and Unions can ask for it all they want, but ultimately, the submissive is the dominant one. In other words, the company that the Union is hiring for still has control, within the federal labor law. If they don't offer benefits, they're not obligated to have them, and anyone that doesn't like that idea has the right to leave without pay.
I've never accepted company paid benefits where I had an option - I don't agree that my employer should be paying for my benefits, as it becomes a matter of cost, as opposed to a matter of good healthcare. The Employer will seek the lowest priced
reasonable healthcare available, whereas the employee would rather have additional care beyond what the company provides.
Or, in my case, I'd rather not have insurance at all. I've never found it necessary, and I manage to pay off all my bills each time I do (rarely) need to see a specialist, doctor, or make a hospital visit. The times that the option is available, I take the money, rather than the insurance. Cash does me better, anyway.