Consider a typical UFCW member working at a Southern California grocery store. She’s a single mom with three kids.
She works an average of 30 hours per week, and makes $12.30 an hour.
That translates to:
- $369 dollars / week
- $1,597 a month
- $19,173 a year before taxes
The employers’ cuts in health care funding will force her and other new hire and current employees on average to pay to maintain current benefits:
- $95/ week
- $412 a month
- $4,940 a year
She would spend 25% of her before-tax income on health insurance.
Her income places her just above the Federal Poverty level for a family of four. ($18,400)
Because the wages are so close to the poverty level, she would be eligible for Medi-Cal, paying some share of the cost. Her children would be eligible for a a range of other social service programs that provide health care such as CalKIDS, Healthy Families; Child Health & Disability Prevention Program (CHDPP); Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
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