Harrison, Sandy, <br/><br/>
To Pay or Not to Pay. 
Sandy Harrison. 
 -  California Journal,  2004. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.  Article 52,  Business,  1522-3191; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.  Originally Published: To Pay or Not to Pay, March 2004; pp. 50-54. 
<br/><br/> "It has been more than four months since Southern California grocery workers struck three major supermarket chains. The elusive issue in this complex strike is not wages or hours or working conditions. It is heath care benefits. The supermarkets, girding for price wars with Wal-Mart, want employees to shoulder a greater share of the cost; employees, noting Wal-Mart's paltry benefit package, fear they will end up paying virtually all of the cost of their health care." (CALIFORNIA STRIKE) This article reveals that the outcome of the California strike "is of keen interest to a myriad of employers and unions, and to the entire health care industry--both in California and elsewhere--because any settlement could set a standard for other disputes over health care benefits" and "could dramatically stress an already overburdened public health care delivery system." 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-3191; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Employer-sponsored health insurance<br/>Grocery trade<br/>Industrial relations<br/>Insurance--Health--Costs<br/>Labor unions<br/>Medical care--Cost of<br/>Strikes and lockouts<br/>Supermarkets
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Southern California
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050