At its Metropolis, Illinois, plant, Honeywell wants to do away with retiree health care and raise annual out-of-pocket expenses for workers to $8,500. When the union said no the company locked them out. Across the border in Canada, the sister USW local that makes the same product signed their new contract with no problem over health care. The Metropolis local, USW 7-669, is fighting back.
Honeywell Locks Out USW Local Over Health Care |
| By: Kay Tillow Sunday August 29, 2010 8:15 pm |
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The American Health Care System: A Canadian’s Experience |
| By: ianreid@telus.net Thursday August 20, 2009 10:20 am |
Three months as an out-patient at Loma Linda hospital drives home the differences between the two systems.
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