Precision Custom Components workers, unhappy with proposed health insurance, go on strike
By Brett Sholtis, York Daily Record, Pa. | |
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Shue said that under the previous health insurance, there was a
Shue said the proposed insurance package would have a
Shue said the proposed insurance plan also includes a clause that caps coverage at
"Where's it going to stop?" Shue asked. "Jet skis, muscle cars, horseback riding? We feel we deserve a better contract."
Patton, whose agency specializes in employee benefit programs, said employers can cap coverage for activities such as motorcycling by using company-funded employee benefit plans called "administrative services only" agreements. It could not be determined whether Precision has proposed using such an agreement.
Patton said that the motorcycle exclusion leaves motorcycle-riding employees in a tough situation: choose to assume the risk of riding with limited coverage, or purchase coverage outside of the employer.
Rick Will, a picketing machinist who has worked at the fabrication shop for 41 years, said that, of the roughly 130 union employees at the company, about 50 of them are motorcycle riders.
Picketing machinist
"We don't want controlled outside the shop," Koller said.
For
"I got four kids," Womack said. "I'd go broke paying medical bills."
--From 2009: Precision ratifies agreement
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--From 2012:
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