Missouri American Water Company Sticking It To Workers

Hotflash at Show Me Progress has the details on how the Missouri American Water Company is needlessly sticking it to their workers:

Missouri American Water Co. is part of a nationwide privately owned utility. The national entity, every time a contract is up for renewal, follows this pattern: demands unreasonable concessions, refuses to budge during negotiations, eventually declares an impasse, and as a result imposes whatever contract it jolly well wants to. In November, MAWC declared an impasse and imposed a contract that hikes employee health premiums by 52%. As in 52 friggin' percent--all while raising out of pocket costs and cutting coverage. Oh, and one more little thing: they're demanding the right to outsource whatever jobs they're not in the mood to pay union wages for.

Other than that, it's a very nice contract.

As Hotflash points out, these attacks on workers come even as the company's 3rd quarter profits were 35% higher last year than the year before, and as they are hiking rates across the country.