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Monday, May 08, 2006
Teachers not alone in health care fight
Teachers not alone in health care fightSource: Alameda Times-Star
Unionized workers in nearly every industry — grocery, janitorial, manufacturing, automotive, hotel, security, schools and hospitals — have reached impasses with employers over health care costs in recent years. "As health care costs continue to rise, it puts significant pressure on employers and unions," said Ken Jacobs, deputy chair of the Labor Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
A 2003 study by the UC Berkeley Labor Center found that health care was the central issue in at least 50 percent of all work stoppages in California.
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