Most likely, your current contract allows for your employer to pass on a percentage of, or maybe even the full amount of, any increase in the cost of the annual health insurance benefit, directly on to the employee. It all depends on how it is defined in your contract and every contract is different.
While you're trying to educate us on collective bargaining, do you not understand that the Brookwood coal miners don't have a current contract? Strikes by labor and lockouts by companies occur when negotiations for new contracts stall.
Listen instead of running your mouth about irrelevant stuff like building cars and you may learn a thing or two.
