ObamaCare mandate could lead Washington grocery workers to picket line

Fox News ^ | October 11, 2013 | Dan Springer

[don-o]

Some 30,000 grocery store workers in the state of Washington could be walking picket lines as soon as next week, in what some say is a direct result of ObamaCare.

Big supermarket chains including Safeway, QFC, Albertsons and Fred Meyer are represented by Allied Employers in contract negotiations with the United Food and Commercial Workers and Teamsters. One of the employers' new proposals is to provide healthcare only to employees who work 30 or more hours per week, a minimum requirement under ObamaCare.

“As with all employers, the Affordable Care Act will impact how we deliver health benefits to our employees,” said Allied chief negotiator Scott Powers.

Under the most recent contract, workers got health care insurance if they put in a minimum of 16 hours per week.

[don-o]

Could someone post the world's tiniest violin so we can have some sad music for these rocket surgeons who voted for this idiocy not once, but twice?

Yes they did,

[cherry]

some your fellow freepers...

[McGavin999]

Gee, and the unions are the ones who pushed so hard for Obamacare. They were helped a lot by the insurance industry that will go bankrupt because they will only have the people with illnesses taking out the insurance and they will have to cover them without the help of those youngsters they were promised.

[don-o]

some your fellow freepers..

For great justice?

[libertarian27]

Now that’s a picket line I won’t cross
If I was near I’d get a sign and picket with them...:)

Some people just take longer to learn I guess.

[JPG]

Hey, Rubes, how's that presidential vote you cast last Nov workin’ out for ya?

[RightGeek]

[JPG]

[Zeneta]

This is Fantastic !!!

A lesson for the Zombies in ECONOMICS !!!

Economics has NEVER been about MATH.

It is, and will always be about Human Nature.

These clueless Statist wish they could continue to force a “top down” solution on all our perceived problems.

Tip..........Push... Shove....

Free to “Choose”......

“My math, for me is not what I thought it would be”

[RightGeek]

[MrEdd]

In AD2014, socialized medicine was beginning...

What happen?
Someone set up us the Obamacare.
We get sign up.
What?
Politcal screen turn on.
It’s you!
How are you gentlemen? All your clinics are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
What you say?
You have no chance to survive death panel make your time. Ha ha ha.

[Kickass Conservative]

Vote for Hopey Changey, picket in despair.

[Kickass Conservative]

You know that some here are scratching their heads reading you Post, right?

The guy running against him would have been much worse.
No really. LOL

[randita]

Union leaders are not swayed by the argument that many of the part-time clerks would be eligible for inexpensive or even free health care coverage in the exchange. They say the exchange plans are a big step down in quality of coverage.

Too bad. What about the rest of us who are at the mercy of the exchanges? What are we? Chopped liver second class citizens?

[mykroar]

Yep, price chopper in overland park is hiring for the meat dept.....no more than 28 hours.....

[Gabrial]

Oh those union thugs. Did they really think the petulant one would give a crap after he got their votes twice? He simply has no use for them anymore.

[darkwing104]

They made their deal with the Devil, and now its time for them to pay up....crybabies

[BunnySlippers]

They may have to experience the lesson. But, afterwards, they will have learned nothing.

[Henry Hnyellar]

I’ll take “We told you so” for the win.

[GeronL]

. <-— worlds tiniest violin