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.
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.