Comments on: Strike By Local 150 http://am1050.com/2011/strike-by-local-150/ Fri, 17 May 2013 03:40:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kirk Davis http://am1050.com/2011/strike-by-local-150/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Kirk Davis Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:26:07 +0000 http://am1050.com/?p=16371#comment-360 Can someone please educate the rest of us on a couple of questions I believe many of us have after reading this article? When they say the cost to the employer, do they mean gross pay to the combined union/ employee, or do they mean something else? At $61 bucks an hour, that would total almost $127,000 a year. ($61 x 40 hours x 52 weeks = $126,880) If you use just the "base wage" the total is $81,536- can this be possible? The $1 an hour increase they agreed was the healthcare cost hike, is only $2080 per year. To know how this factors in, we would need to know what the employee pays, what the union pays, and what the co-pays, deductibles and other items are. I know my health care cost has gone up way more than $1 per hour, and I have a $6,000 deductible, $10,000 out of pocket max, and still pay over $1,000 per month for family coverage. I think people working 60 hour a week salaried jobs for $45,000 a year are prone to think, "MY GOD! WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE MAKING?" and I am really interested to hear the full story before rushing to judgement. Anyone? Can someone please educate the rest of us on a couple of questions I believe many of us have after reading this article?

When they say the cost to the employer, do they mean gross pay to the combined union/ employee, or do they mean something else? At $61 bucks an hour, that would total almost $127,000 a year.
($61 x 40 hours x 52 weeks = $126,880)
If you use just the “base wage” the total is $81,536- can this be possible?

The $1 an hour increase they agreed was the healthcare cost hike, is only $2080 per year. To know how this factors in, we would need to know what the employee pays, what the union pays, and what the co-pays, deductibles and other items are. I know my health care cost has gone up way more than $1 per hour, and I have a $6,000 deductible, $10,000 out of pocket max, and still pay over $1,000 per month for family coverage.

I think people working 60 hour a week salaried jobs for $45,000 a year are prone to think, “MY GOD! WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE MAKING?” and I am really interested to hear the full story before rushing to judgement. Anyone?

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