A labor dispute at the Motion Picture and Television Fund’s care facility and hospital heated up Thursday, with the union’s chief negotiator telling The Hollywood Reporter that the company “needs to stop the stonewall” and negotiate “openly,” i.e., in a reasonable fashion. “We’re not going to set lower standards for the health care industry by regressive bargaining,” chief negotiator Eric Kizziee said, signaling that he would not agree to rollbacks. Still, he added that bargaining would entail “some give-and-take on both sides.” The union, Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, represents about
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- 2/1/2013
- by Jonathan Handel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nurse aides, licensed vocational nurses, medical records workers and other support staff at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's long-term care center and hospital are voting this week on whether to authorize a strike, a union representative told TheWrap. Discussions between the Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers West and the Hollywood non-profit's administration are ongoing, but the two sides remain far apart, the representative said. Roughly 500 employees are being asked to double their healthcare premiums and to accept a freeze in retirement contributions, Eric Kizziee, area coordinator for the...
- 1/29/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
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