It's not just Republicans who are unhappy with Obamacare. Labor union leaders have been complaining too. In July, the presidents of the Teamsters, UFCWU and UNITE-HERE (combined membership: 2.9 million) wrote a letter to congressional Democrats saying that Obamacare will “destroy the very health and well-being of our members along with millions of other working Americans.” “We have a problem,” they concluded. “You need to fix it.”
Forget for a moment that organized labor
supported Obamacare. The union leaders have arguably legitimate complaints. Obamacare does indeed create incentives for
employers to reduce work week below 30 hours. It also discourages the
high-benefit “Cadillac plans” that unions have negotiated — and that are one
thing they can promise workers in organization drives…..To Read More….
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