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Negotiations

Examining The Events In Louisville Part 2

Wed, Mar 3, 2006
by Drew McManus
Continuing from Part 1, this installment will examine recent events at the Louisville Orchestra surrounding their troubled Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations.
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Examining The Events In Louisville

Mon, Feb 2, 2006
by Drew McManus
Just when you thought the drama involved with orchestra negotiations might be on sabbatical, a series of ugly events surrounding the Louisville Orchestra negotiations surfaced a month ago threatening to make the spats from last season look like play dates...
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Things Are Getting Ugly In Philadelphia

Tue, Feb 2, 2006
by Drew McManus
The continuing legal saga between the Kimmel Center for the Arts and Rafael Viñoly Architects (the architectural firm which designed the Kimmel Center) escalated into an ugly public confrontation last week. The 2/17/06 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer published an article by Peter Dobrin which reports that Rafael Viñoly sent a letter to the Kimmel
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The Pittsburgh Ballet Should Watch Amadeus

Fri, Oct 10, 2005
by Drew McManus
The labor standoff in Pittsburgh regarding the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s decision to eliminate live music in favor of recorded music in the middle of contract negotiations with the ballet musicians is mostly unchanged…
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New Mexico Symphony Orchestra Ratifies New Contract

Fri, Sep 9, 2005
by Drew McManus
After performing the entire 2004-2005 concert season without a collective bargaining agreement, the musicians and board of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra reached a conclusion on Thursday, September 9, 2005 and ratified a new three year agreement…
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