It would also quiet claims that firms are trading full-time workers for part-timers to avoid Obamacare's rules.
Mr. McHugh said strong benefits should be the goal of any unemployment program, especially in New Jersey, where workers pay for part of the program.
But Mr. Gettelfinger said the union had already done its part to help curb health care costs when it struck deals to let G.M. and Ford charge hourly workers for a part of their benefits.
The workers, for their part, cannot afford to buy insurance in the so-called individual market.
The workers, for their part, can hope for a steady flow of jobs and prompt payment with minimal fuss.
Workers, for their part, are worried about losing their jobs and increasingly concerned that rising health care costs will price them out of the market.
The auto repair shop owners and their workers, for their part, have had little beyond determination and $4,000 in cash to press their point.
The farm workers, for their part, are demanding that Mr. Davis sign the new measure and warn that he risks alienating Latino voters and all of organized labor if he vetoes it.
Commissioning bodies could also include procurement requirements designed to oblige all care providers to participate in collective bargaining, and to outlaw such practices as blacklisting workers for taking part in trade union activities.
But according to a new study, scientists are one of the few groups of professional and managerial workers for whom part-time work can actually pay--if they are lucky enough to find it.
Home Office and Land Registry workers will strike for part of Friday, coastguards will launch a 48-hour action on Friday and passport staff will strike for 72 hours from July 23.
