Dozens of Delaware workers lost their jobs last week when two downstate SuperFresh grocery stores closed in the wake of their parent company's bankruptcy.
But the fallout didn't stop there.
Retirees of those stores -- one in Milford, the other in Dover -- received notice that they would be losing their health insurance. According to retirees of the Milford store, letters arrived June 29, just one day before they lost their health benefits. Dated June 24, the letters came from the union that represented the store's workers -- the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 27, based in Maryland.
The news of canceled coverage stunned workers and left many scrambling for replacement coverage.
"I was shocked," said Edwina Sloane, 68, who retired as a cashier from the Milford SuperFresh in 1997. Sloane said she has health coverage through Medicare, the federal government's health care program for the elderly. But she relied on her SuperFresh coverage for pricey prescription coverage.
"To begin with, I think they could have had the decency to give us more notice, if it had to happen," Sloane said.
6 comments:
Sorry about all of your luck. But just another example of a union letting down it's members.
That's what happens when you hitch your wagon to the liberal snake oil sale mans wagon.
I feel for the person who retired as a cashier when they were 53. I am sure that individual created enough profit for the company to pay for those medical benifits for the last 14 years and for however much longer she may live. Not to mention the retirement pay. The unions have forever ruined our potential of being a producing nation.
What would you bet that the union has gotten an exemption from Obamacare?
I liked Super Fresh. I feel for all the employees being let go.
It is really tough out there now a days.
While I feel for the employees they shouldn't be complaining about such short notice on the loss of benefits.
News has been out for some time they were going bankrupt. What did these people expect?
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