Sean Higgins: Unions having second thoughts about Obamacare

Published May 28, 2013 4:00am ET



Joseph Hansen, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers union, begged President Obama in an op-ed last week to save his union from the ravages of the Affordable Care Act. Or, as it is more commonly known, Obamacare.

The problem is the law will make his members’ health care unaffordable. This is only the latest example of Big Labor’s Obamacare angst. Union leaders are finding out that the law many of them championed undermines their own members’ plans.

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