Comments on: Kokomo Auto Workers Rush To Use Up Benefits Before They Expire http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/kokomo-auto-workers-rush-to-use-up-benefits-before-they-expire/ News from your public radio and tv stations Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:41:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: J Crow http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/kokomo-auto-workers-rush-to-use-up-benefits-before-they-expire/comment-page-1/#comment-5155 J Crow Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:37:43 +0000 http://www.newsmatters.org/?p=5204#comment-5155 It's a shame that union workers who have fulfilled their end of a contract are now forced to pay for the consequences of their 'partners'' (read: management's) irresponsibility. It is certainly true that the 'culture' has changed in the sense that many of the benefits that these workers enjoyed are not offered to today's new employees. Nonetheless, that retirees are having their benefits taken away is no less than a criminal breach of contract. It’s a shame that union workers who have fulfilled their end of a contract are now forced to pay for the consequences of their ‘partners” (read: management’s) irresponsibility.

It is certainly true that the ‘culture’ has changed in the sense that many of the benefits that these workers enjoyed are not offered to today’s new employees. Nonetheless, that retirees are having their benefits taken away is no less than a criminal breach of contract.

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