Mark Stryker at the Detroit Free Press had an article published today which sheds some light on the details surrounding Detroit’s home-stretch settlement. All in all, it looks like both sides gave just as much as they got…
Labor Relations
More Good News From The 11th Hour
It seems the San Antonio Symphony isn’t the only group managing to pull up at the last moment in order to avoid a work stoppage. Mark Stryker at the Detroit Free Press reports that the management and musicians at the Detroit Symphony are near an agreement as the major issue of minimum base salary has been adequately addressed by the end of the proposed contract…
Details Surrounding San Antonio’s Settlement
On Monday September 3, 2007 the musicians of the San Antonio Symphony orchestra (SAS) ratified a new four year agreement with their employer, the San Antonio Symphony Society…
A Fitting Way To Mark Labor Day
I can’t think of a more appropriate way to mark Labor Day than to post a reminder about last Friday’s 11th hour agreement between the San Antonio Symphony Society and their musicians on a new collective bargaining agreement. Details behind the agreement were issued in a press release from the musicians (still no official word from management) and the musicians are meeting this morning to conduct a meeting where their negotiating …
Mock Negotiations: Contrasts & Comparisons
After completing the mock negotiation session with the MBA students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration program, my mind wandered into contrast and comparison mode and I began to think about what just transpired with the UW-Madison students and how music performance students from the Eastman School of Music responded to a similar mock negotiation session I conducted with them in 2004… I want to preface this …