Wal-Mart and unions unite on health care
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Executives from Wal-Mart and three other major U.S. employers on Wednesday joined hands with union leaders in setting a goal of providing "quality, affordable" health care for millions of workers by 2012.
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The California Nurses Association, one of the nation's largest unions of registered nurses, announced yesterday that it was affiliating with the AFL-CIO to join the labor federation's campaign for universal health insurance.
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U.S. congressional leaders on Friday  said they reached agreement on legislation to expand a  health-care program for children in low-income families,  setting up a potential showdown with President George W. Bush  who has vowed to veto it.
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The United Auto Workers and an automotive supplier have reached an agreement that covers current hourly workers and possibly those at yet-to-open factories, the first multi-plant pact negotiated by the UAW in 20 years.
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By Sandra Jones and Bruce Japsen, Chicago Tribune  Sep. 22--In an aggressive move to win over consumers that also threatens to shake up the $250 billion pharmaceutical business, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Representatives of General Motors Corp   and the United Auto Workers union returned to the  bargaining table on Saturday amid expectations the two sides  were closing in on a deal that would slash health care costs  for the top U.S. automaker.
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Texas Plywood &amp; Lumber Co., a seller of homebuilding products with 130 workers, has adopted a Bush administration plan to reduce health-care costs that Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's  biggest retailer, gave ground to Chinese pressure Tuesday and  said it would allow its workers to set up a trade union.
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General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers union on Sunday rushed to complete a cost-cutting labor deal that would allow the top U.S. automaker to cut itself free from a $50 billion retiree health-care burden.
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Both President George W. Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry say they have the ideal health plan to improve the quality of the American health care system and make it more affordable.
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A group of health care leaders said on Tuesday they were banding together to make U.S. hospitals less dangerous places to get well.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Union efforts to organize Wal-Mart workers in Canada continued Monday in the auto-service departments of seven British Columbia outlets of the world&#39;s largest retailer.
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Negotiators for the U.A.W. and General Motors agreed on the framework for a health care trust, G.M.âs key demand, people close to the negotiations said.
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Representatives of General Motors Corp   and the United Auto Workers union closed in on Saturday  on a tentative labor agreement that would slash health-care  costs for the top U.S. automaker.
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Representatives of General Motors Corp  and the United Auto Workers union returned to the bargaining table on Saturday amid expectations the two sides were closing in on a deal that would slash health care costs for the top U.S. automaker.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Thursday it has agreed to cooperate with China's state-sanctioned labor group in creating unions at its 60 Chinese outlets.
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In a move that has been unsuccessful elsewhere in the United States, 17 workers at a Wal-Mart Tire &amp; Lube Express have taken the first step to unionize at the world's largest retailer.