07 February 2007

The End of the World is Nigh

Either I've gone insane or the world is about to end:

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.

An interesting coalition since Wal-Mart isn't exactly winning awards for its own health coverage. Nevertheless, perhaps this will get the ball rolling.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Various unions have been picketing Walmart over this. Since employees of Walmart are given federal applications for welfare and other social programs, the government might cut them a special deal (we're already paying for them).