The dispute was over wages and health-care benefits, among other things.

Instead, they have to cut wages and health-care benefits.

Try to get a separate statement specifically describing health-care benefits.

At least 23 large companies have terminated the health-care benefits they were providing to retired employees.

One way is to make health-care benefits taxable to the employee at the actual cost to the employer.

Either it did not pay enough to support his wife and three children, he said, or it lacked the health-care benefits to cover them.

It's not the sort of job that provides health-care benefits, but the money is serious and it's always in cash.

The trade commission said the laws did not provide any apparent health-care benefit.

These included improved health-care benefits for many reservists who lack their own coverage, which will cost up to $400 million.

It also told nearly 200,000 retirees and salaried workers how much they must pay for health-care benefits starting in January.