Ah, Teamsters. The best and worst union in America. This is incredibly based, but if it ends up anything like how UPS is unionized, then most of the in-house dock workers will still get thrown under the bus for the sake of the drivers.
I can't really blame them, honestly. Folks I knew got $10 an hour, no pension, one 15 minute break per shift, and they had to work on the dock for a full 13 months before health benefits kicked in. And that was with teamster unionization.
I heard their new contract kicked it up to like $14-15 an hour, pension, full medical-dental-eye coverage, and cut the wait to like 9-ish months. dunno about breaks though.
The health insurance plan is something you'd pay $10,000-20,000 (single/family) for if it was a comparable marketplace plan (the benefits seem comparable to a Gold-tier plan) -- if you're married, that's almost equivalent to the entire yearly pay of a part-time position (I think, might be off by a bit since this is my boyfriend's job, not mine). I don't know how much premiums you have to pay for Amazon's insurance plan, but I feel pretty damn sure UPS workers are coming out ahead, since I don't think many other places are giving out health insurance plans worth that much, with no premiums, for a part-time non-specialist job.
Ah, Teamsters. The best and worst union in America. This is incredibly based, but if it ends up anything like how UPS is unionized, then most of the in-house dock workers will still get thrown under the bus for the sake of the drivers.
Sadly the in house workers often don't realize the extent of their union protection.
I can't really blame them, honestly. Folks I knew got $10 an hour, no pension, one 15 minute break per shift, and they had to work on the dock for a full 13 months before health benefits kicked in. And that was with teamster unionization.
Ughhhh. Unions are as much a recuperating force as a liberating one in the US.
I heard their new contract kicked it up to like $14-15 an hour, pension, full medical-dental-eye coverage, and cut the wait to like 9-ish months. dunno about breaks though.
If that's the case it's a big improvement. Still sucks they don't get health coverage from day one though.
Also still $5 an hr less than amazon non union wages lol
The health insurance plan is something you'd pay $10,000-20,000 (single/family) for if it was a comparable marketplace plan (the benefits seem comparable to a Gold-tier plan) -- if you're married, that's almost equivalent to the entire yearly pay of a part-time position (I think, might be off by a bit since this is my boyfriend's job, not mine). I don't know how much premiums you have to pay for Amazon's insurance plan, but I feel pretty damn sure UPS workers are coming out ahead, since I don't think many other places are giving out health insurance plans worth that much, with no premiums, for a part-time non-specialist job.
Amazon single insurance is free blue cross blue shield idk family premiums.