NEW PACT OK'D BY MOTION PICTURE-TV FUND HEALTH WORKERS.Byline: Dominic Berbeo Staff Writer WOODLAND HILLS - Members of the union for 450 nurses, technicians and other workers at Motion Picture and Television Fund facilities voted on Monday to ratify ratify v. to confirm and adopt the act of another even though it was not approved beforehand. Example: An employee for Holsinger's Hardware orders carpentry equipment from Phillips Screws and Nails although the employee was not authorized to buy anything. a new work contract after nearly striking earlier this month. Many of the workers are employed at the MPTF MPTF Motion Picture & Television Fund MPTF Multi-Path Track Fusion Hospital, Frances Goldwyn Lodge, and MPTF Country House in Woodland Hills, which serve thousands of entertainment industry retirees and their families. The new contract includes a wage increase of 12 percent over three years, signing bonuses A signing bonus or sign-on bonus is a sum of money paid to a new employee by a company as an incentive to join that company. These are often given as a way of making a compensation package more attractive to the employee e.g. if the annual salary is lower than they desire. of $350 to $850 based on longevity longevity (lŏnjĕv`ĭtē), term denoting the length or duration of the life of an animal or plant, often used to indicate an unusually long life. , medical benefits, and job protection clauses. Diane Shaw This article or section has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * Its notability is in question. If notability cannot be established, this article may be listed for deletion. , a member of the union bargaining team, said workers voted 258-to-1 to ratify the three-year contract, which is effective retroactively ret·ro·ac·tive adj. Influencing or applying to a period prior to enactment: a retroactive pay increase. [French rétroactif, from Latin as of Nov. 1. ``We're extremely happy with the new contract,'' Shaw said. Phone calls to the MPTF on Monday were not returned. A tentative agreement was reached Saturday between MPTF management and the Service Employees International Union Local 399, which represents the workers. On Oct. 18, the workers voted to approve a strike if a new contract was not reached before Nov. 1, but both sides agreed to an extension of talks, and the tentative agreement was reached after industry mediators were brought in. The MPTF provides health care to tens of thousands of entertainment industry workers and their families. More than 40 percent of the Local 399 members have been working at the facilities for 10 years or more. |
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