On Tuesday, July 13th, a big blue banner link on the home page at the Philadelphia Orchestra entitled “Securing The Future, Negotiations Update” appeared. This was quite a surprise to see since it’s customary for both sides involved in a contract negotiation to have a press blackout.
According to a representative from the AFM Symphonic Services division, there’s nothing legally preventing the management from posting something like this on the web site. Technically, they own it so they get to decide what goes up.