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MEMORANDUM
TO:
KATHLEEN S. BARCLAY, V.P. GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCES
FROM: HENRY
E. KNIGHT
SUBJECT: HEALTHCARE BENEFITS
DATE: OCTOBER
29, 2002
My name is Henry E. Knight. I worked for
General Motors for 34.6 years. With 28.6 of these years as a
Production Supervisor. I retired September 1, 1987, when they
closed the old Assembly Plant in St. Louis. Prior to the
closing, General Motors asked me as a favor to remain until the
plant closed in order to keep from bringing in new people.
I had been a dedicated General Motors employee
all of these years. I worked 15 years without missing a days
work. I had an injury in the plant and an operation once.
Other than this, I was on the job constantly. Since I retired,
General Motors has raised the price of their products dramatically.
I know because I drive them. In 1988, I along with another
Retiree formed the "Salaried Retirees Club" in St. Louis. I
was President for 6 years.
Since I retired approximately 48% of the people I
retired with are dead. I have had approximately 20 or better
recorded referrals in the Ambassadors Club. My pension is
still the same as when I retired. General Motors has not
increased it at all. I am now 73 years old and retired for 15
years. I work part-time for a Golf Management Company in order
to make insurance meet.
The hourly Union people who worked for me
constantly taunted me about having better healthcare coverage than I
do. General Motors always told me not to worry. They
would take care of their dedicated salaried people. As soon as
I retired, they tried to take away my Health Benefits like so many
other Corporations. I trusted General Motors and could have
gone back into the Union, but believed every word I was told.
A lot of salaried people have retired in recent years and were given
very lucrative retirements. Far better than mine. "NOTE"
Medicare is my Primary Insurance carrier and General Motors is
Secondary. Yet, every letter I get from General Motors is
crying poor mouth or you are taking something away from me.
Good business people always figure the cost of
their product to take care of costs to produce the product and their
retirees. Now I ask you. "Who is to be Trusted"?
Please leave us old people alone and let us die with less pain and
dignity.
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