59 Employee relations Corporate facilities The company’s headquarters and USA TODAY are located in McLean, Va. The company also owns data processing facilities in nearby Maryland. Headquarters facilities are adequate for present operations. At the end of 2001, the company and its subsidiaries had approximately 51,500 full-time and part-time employees. Three of the company’s newspapers were published in 2001 together with non-company newspapers pursuant to joint operating  agreements, and the employment numbers above include the company’s pro-rata share of employees at those joint production and business operations. Approximately 14% of those employed by the company  and its subsidiaries are represented by labor unions. They are represented by 91 local bargaining units affiliated with nine international unions under collective bargaining agreements. These agreements conform generally with the pattern of labor agreements in the newspaper and broadcasting industries. The company does not engage in industrywide or companywide  bargaining. The company’s U.K. subsidiaries bargain with two unions over wages and health and safety issues only. The compa- ny strives to maintain good relationships with its employees. The company provides competitive group life and medical insurance programs for full-time domestic employees at each location. The company pays a substantial portion of these  costs and employees contribute the balance. Virtually all of the company’s units provide retirement or profit-sharing plans which cover eligible full-time employees. In 1990, the company established a 401(k) Savings Plan, which is available to most of its domestic non-union employees. 