McDonald's Corp. is leading the campaign against a proposed California law that would require many employers to pay at least 80 percent of workers' health insurance premiums. The measure has been aggressively opposed by many business leaders who say that the new law would put too much of a financial strain on them and weaken the economy. The coalition supporting the legislation includes many labor unions and consumer-rights groups.
See "McDonald's fights try for paid health insurance", Rob Kaiser, Chicago Tribune, August 18, 2004