Labor Relations
More Good News From The 11th Hour
Fri, Sep 9, 2007
by Drew McManus
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
Details Surrounding San Antonio’s Settlement
Thu, Sep 9, 2007
by Drew McManus
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
Mon, Sep 9, 2007
by Drew McManus
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
Mock Negotiations: Contrasts & Comparisons
Wed, Nov 11, 2006
by Drew McManus
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
UW-Madison Mock Negotiation Reflections Part 2
Tue, Oct 10, 2006
by Drew McManus
Continuing where things left off in Part 1, the MBA students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration program were serving as the orchestra musician negotiation committee in a mock collective bargaining agreement negotiation. After receiving some very bad news about their fictional orchestra’s financial conditions and a subsequent initial proposal from
