Labor Relations
The Thinking Person’s Approach To Dealing With Sacred Cows
Thu, May 5, 2017
by Drew McManus
There are more than enough sacred cows in this field to go around and if you’ve ever had to go up against one, you know how difficult it is to make headway. Pushback is usually swift and aggressive but that doesn’t mean you can’t think your way through the process. Theoatmeal.com’s Matthew Inman published a
Eerily Familiar Language
Mon, May 5, 2016
by Drew McManus
The 5/21/2016 edition of TechCrunch published an article by Devin Coldewy that reports on a speech given by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) about the gig economy (such as Uber, not musician related gigging) that touches on some remarkably familiar concepts inside the orchestra field. Here’s an excerpt of Warren’s speech included in the TechCrunch article
Do You Know About The Ten Point Test For Determining If A Worker Is An Employee Or Independent Contractor?
Wed, Apr 4, 2016
by Drew McManus
Pop quiz: do smaller budget orchestras classify musicians as employees or independent contractors? Regardless how you answered, you’re both right and wrong. But that question is beginning to move toward something more straightforward following a recent decision by the District of Columbia Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals to uphold a ruling by the
Remembering That We Have More In Common Than Not
Tue, Mar 3, 2016
by Drew McManus
On the eve of the English National Opera labor showdown, I wanted to take a moment to revisit some research I put together as part of the What’s Working and Must Work session within the 2012 American Orchestras Summit, hosted by the University of Michigan. Titled What The Other Side Gets Right, I invited a cross section
The Election’s Impact On Labor Relations