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Union-Tribune Employees Camp Out All Night in Lobby To Be First in Line To Get Buyout Forms
I was in the Christmas Massacre, & my group (+20yrs w/UT, +60yrs old)was offered severance and: medical dental & vision pd in full by UT for 6 months. Then we could switch dental and/or vision to COBRA if we paid for all of it, & our medical would continue until 65/Medicare, with the U-T paying 3/4 of the premium cost & the retiree paying 1/4 (slightly less than $100. a month in my case). The HR people emphasized what a great deal this was, although I'm now sure, looking back, that at least 1 of them knew the paper would soon be for sale. I called a HR person who has been helpful & fair with me and he/she said David would pay the 3/4 until the sale was final, then it was up to the new owners. I still have all the paperwork, & it sure sounds like a flat promise with no caveats. Most of us can't afford $400. a month. This may or may not be legal, but if they strand people who worked hard over 20 yrs.for them, without medical ins. they had counted on, it's sure not ethical.— September 10, 2008 3:37 p.m.