San Jose City Council OKs Health Cost-Sharing in Budget
On Tuesday, the San Jose City Council voted 9-0 to approve an $880 million budget that includes a health care cost-sharing provision for the city's 839-member operating engineers union. Union members will now pay 10% of their health care premiums, $10 copayments for doctor visits and an additional $4.85 weekly for retirement health benefits.
- "San Jose Council Approves Mayor's Budget; Imposes Wage Freeze and Health Care Cost-Sharing on Union" (Woolfolk, San Jose Mercury News, 6/16).