I am not too upset about Young voting for the bill to pass to the Senate because maybe the Senate can start from scratch and come up with something much better !
If unions were as much of a force as they were back in the '60's and '70's, more working people in Alaska would have good medical coverage as they did 40 years ago.
I remember a time when the union here represented bar and culinary workers with insurance that covered medical, dental, vision and a weekly disability plus life insurance. It was made possible by having a large, statewide pool paying the premiums.
But the greed that was rampant during the hay days of the Pipeline construction ended things for many small unions because the pipeline wages ended up pricing out regular businesses not involved in the pipeline.
Unions were greedy and mishandled their members dues and their trust as well.
Few young folks are interested in joining unions because the state and federal laws now covered what the unions had fought for.