To no one's surprise in my company (large landscaping company), leadership came out a few days ago and let folks know that they were dropping the awesome Premera health plan because the premiums were going up and they didn't want to cover them.
Of course, they gaslight the employees, saying that they could get better coverage with this bullshit ICHRA (“Individual Coverage HRA”) and that it would cost them less. After a bit of research, it looks like both of those are well-documented lies designed to cover their ass for being cheap bastards.
On top of that, last year the company raised prices/rates by a fair amount due to “inflation.” During the same time, they have also stopped giving out any COL raises, either (and of course, they certainly haven't lowered their prices as inflation got under control…).
Many people are confused and HR is doing their best to obfuscate and cover for leadership.
Worst part, we obviously have a large contingent of Hispanic workers with legitimate language barriers and I'm really not sure they're going to get a proper explanation.
This whole thing is so fucking unethical and it's driving me nuts trying to figure out what to do. For reference, I don't even have the company healthcare. The principle of this makes me absolutely sick though, and I *always* stand with the workers.
So, my question is twofold:
- How do I get information out about this and/or do something about it? What should I do and how should I do it?
- Months ago, I tried to reach out to a union (LiUNA), but did not hear back. I want to unionize the FUCK out of this place…but I have no clue how.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance.