Orchestras Face a Season of Lockouts
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Earlier this year the New York Times reported that America’s unionized workers face a “phenomenon that is increasingly throwing them on the defensive: lockouts.”
Symphony orchestra musicians are no exception.
Just this fall, the musicians of the Atlanta Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra have been locked out and their communities deprived of music. Even more orchestra lockouts may be coming.
While orchestras are nonprofit organizations, management’s behavior looks a lot like the for-profit world. Executive compensation is rising, worker pay is decreasing, and managements are becoming more aggressive in negotiations, resorting more frequently to lockouts.
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