Re: Walmart Closes 5 Stores - Putting 2200 Out of Work
Posted:
Wed Apr 22, 2015 12:38 amby The Comrade
i enjoy the conservative arguments related to unions.
"every worker should negotiate with their boss for better pay and conditions if they really want them!"
oh cool. maybe we if we organized in to a group to better lobby our position and centralize our goals, we'd stand a better chance
"that is absolutely ridiculous and unamerican!!! you have no right to ask any thing of your employer!!! it is a privilege to have a job!!! you should be thankful!!!!"
never ceases to amaze me how willing people are to f**k themselves in their own ass.
Re: Walmart Closes 5 Stores - Putting 2200 Out of Work
Posted:
Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:44 amby Professor
This brings up yet another missed opportunity with health care reform. Why didn't they use this opportunity to finally divorce health insurance from employers? Establish the exchanges, make certain pools within the exchanges that you can elect to become members of (thereby capitalizing on group discounts) and have the only employer involvement be directing dollars towards your premiums.
It's asinine that I have only 1 plan to choose from, because that's the one that my employer chose, and if I refuse and go to the exchange, then a) I'm faced with higher prices because bulk purchasing isn't at the level of employer purchasing, and b) I do not get any employer or Federal subsidy because I turned down a qualifying plan.