title: Stern measures.
abstract: Andy Stern, new head of the Service Employees International Union, has set his sights on the nation's health care industry, linking workers' rights with consumer protection. The union's strategy is on display in California, where managed care has made dramatic inroads and financially pinched hospitals are shedding workers.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kosterlitz
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D004651:Employment; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006282:Health Personnel; D007750:Labor Unions; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States