MPTF Planning to Hire Strike Replacements as Union Advises of Walk Out

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10:34 PM PST 3/8/2013 by Jonathan Handel

The Motion Picture and Television Fund will hire replacement workers if its unionized employees strike later this month, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The union representing 500 MPTF caregivers and other employees has notified the MPTF that it will strike for three days beginning the evening of March 18.

“On Monday we will begin polling our represented employees on their intention to report to work during the strike and will initiate plans to replace those who are choosing to honor the strike,” said MPTF CEO Bob Beitcher. “We must continue our operations which are so essential to those we serve.”

The MPTF operates a care facility and hospital in Woodland Hills and six clinics in the greater Los Angeles area.

“As far as polling workers, said a union spokesperson, “in most situations it is an Unfair Labor Practice for management to individually question the caregivers about their union activities and intentions.”

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