WASHINGTON, D.C. — Executives from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and three other major employers on Wednesday joined hands with union leaders in setting a goal of providing "quality, affordable" health care for every American by 2012.
However, they did not propose any specific policies to achieve this goal, or commit to spending any extra money in the near term to provide health coverage to more workers.
Joining Wal-Mart Chief Executive Lee Scott and Service Employees International Union leader Andrew Stern were top executives from Intel Corp., AT&T Inc. and Kelly Services Inc., a temporary staffing agency. Still, the health-care initiative left Wal-Mart's two leading union critics divided.
The partnership of business and union leaders laid out four main goals, including universal health-care coverage for all Americans and boosting the value of every dollar spent on health care.
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Source: Chicago Tribune
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