Month: November 2020

Colorado Springs Philharmonic Employer Rejects Musician Offer To Waive An Entire Season Of Salary

by

It appears mediation in the Colorado Springs Philharmonic labor dispute is running into difficulties. The musicians released a public statement on 11/5/2020 to inform supporters that their recent offer to waive an entire season’s salary made was rejected. Most recently, working with a federal mediator, we offered to accept the total loss of our guaranteed salaries for the entire period of the pandemic and for six months beyond the end of the pandemic. …

Read more

While Still Painful, Short-Term Concessionary Agreements Are The Best Option For Most Orchestras

by

The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra recently announced a 30 percent cut in musician wages for the rest of 2020 and the 11/2/2020 edition of the San Francisco Chronical published an article by Joshua Kosman that provides important content. This is not a new deal, rather, a reopener, which is when both parties agree to amend terms in an existing agreement. The agreement’s full term is through November 2022. Given that the …

Read more

Why Can’t Someone Just Tell Me What To Do?!?

by
Visit ArtsHacker.com

Full disclosure: I wrote today’s post well in advance of the election just to be sure to resist any temptation to publish anything overtly political. Having said that, today’s post will hopefully help you avoid a bear trap that has inadvertently snagged a few of my clients in the form of upgrading to Google’s big v4 update before knowing what that might entail. I published an article at ArtsHacker that covers …

Read more

Scheduling Election Night Sanity

by

While it should come as no surprise that we won’t know who won the presidential election this evening, that doesn’t mean you have to sit on pins and needles all night. There’s an excellent article at fivethirtyeight.com that provides a clear schedule on when you can expect election updates for each state. And while the presidential election may not be decided, there’s a higher degree of likelihood to know who ends …

Read more

Labor Tensions Continue To Rise In Colorado Springs As Orchestra Goes Dark

by

At the beginning of last month, labor relations at the Colorado Springs Philharmonic (CSPhil) were on the brink of all out war. After publishing feedback from employer and musician representatives, the orchestra’s president and CEO, Nathan Newbrough, wrote to say he thought things were moving in a positive direction. While that’s a good sign, follow-up messages asking for details and whether the board has discussed the potential for offering work to …

Read more