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Mal Allison

Union Leaders Seek Changes to Affordable Care Act - WSJ.com - 0 views

  • making unionized workers less competitive and potentially causing unionized employers to drop the plans that cover more than 20 million people.
  • To offset the expected rising costs of these "multiemployer" plans, several union groups want their lower-paid members to be able to remain on the plans wh
  • "will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40 hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class," the union officials wrote.
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  • Unions argue that several other parts of the health-care law would disadvantage "multiemployer" health plans administered by unions and employers. For instance, the law's lack of penalties for employers with less than 50 employees could force companies to drop insurance in heavily unionized sectors like construction, unions argue. In general, unions say the health plan's impact on multiemployer plans needs to be clarified.
Mal Allison

Unions chafing at Obamacare provisions | Center for Public Integrity - 0 views

  • I’ve talked to union members who have not had a raise in years because of rising health care costs. They’ve been willing to forego wage increases at the bargaining table in exchange for keeping decent health insurance
Mal Allison

Political Diary: Labor vs. ObamaCare - WSJ.com - 0 views

  • Many construction workers and other unionized employees rely on multi-employer insurance plans to provide continuity of coverage in industries where job turnover is high and employment is often intermittent.
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