I am a little dissatisfied with healthcare options as retired LL6. Deductable and co-pays are a little high. I elected the option where essentially if I stay healthy I pay nothing and if not, I pay most of the cost up to the annual cap of $3500.
This isn't terrible but not as good as my neighbor who is retired Ford UAW.
Why even pay for healthcare, it's so over priced, basically it's unaffordable. Just file bankruptcy, if you get a huge medical bill.
I know there are some white collars at PDC that are union (i remember seeing their posters about their union while working a stint there - was not the UAW, but a union none the less), so it is possible.
While the UAW is horrible corrupt (as we have all learned recently), fact is union folks do have better benefits and are not fired/let go as much as white collar has been the last 10 years, so I think for at least the worker bee GSR's it makes sense to unionize. Would be hard to unionize management role folks, even at the L6 level, as they are management, and by law I don't think they can unioinize.
LL6s are considered management but most are also individual contributors. They manage people but also get assignments. I believe the question was speculation because the UAW represents hourly workers and LL6s and GSRs are salary.
Aren't LL6's management? If so how could they part of UAW?
I am a ford retiree with enough years to get pension but no benefits. I can purchase retiree optical and dental but not medical. I understand that others may have it much worse but it does seem that the hourly workers have it better than the salary workers. They have better benefits and many have higher pay than salaried GSRs. And they can’t be fired at random so that ford can save a few bucks.
Sheez I don't know what your complaining about. You have know idea how good you have it.
Try buying into the open market after 50 years of age let alone 60 of 70. You would shart your pants seeing premiums each month and then oop for the 1st $13k