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Colorado Springs Philharmonic

Colorado Springs Finally Has A Deal

Mon, Oct 10, 2021
by Drew McManus
All it took was more than a year and some of the pandemic-era labor dispute PR for the Colorado Springs Philharmonic’s executive leadership to end up pretty much right where could have landed a few short months into their dispute. If you aren’t already familiar with the details, things became ugly following the employer’s decision to cancel
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Colorado Springs Discord Continues

Thu, Jun 6, 2021
by Drew McManus
The Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra (CSPO) labor dispute continues with little change from where they were months ago. What this means is while other orchestras are tooling back up for performance activity and moving ahead, the CSPO continues to shrink in their rearview mirror. While both sides in the dispute remain in arbitration, there is
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Colorado Springs Philharmonic Finds Itself On The AFM’s Unfair List

Mon, Mar 3, 2021
by Drew McManus
On 3/11/21 the musicians of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic (CSPhil) issued a press statement announcing the orchestra has been placed on the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) International Unfair List. This decision is the latest waypoint following the employer’s decision to use force majeure to cancel the union contract. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this went over like
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More Details On The Colorado Spring Philharmonic Orchestra’s Path Forward

Wed, Dec 12, 2020
by Drew McManus
On Monday, 12/7/2020, we learned the Federally mediated bargaining between the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra (CSPO) and its musicians had broken down. At the time, the musicians issued a press statement that indicating they expect to pursue independent arbitration to address the illegal cancellation of their CBA. I reached out to the CSPO bass trombonist and
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Mediation Fails To Resolve Colorado Springs Philharmonic’s Labor Dispute

Mon, Dec 12, 2020
by Drew McManus
After multiple weeks of Federally mediated bargaining, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic musicians released a press statement on 12/6/2020 to announce those efforts have failed to resolve the ongoing labor dispute. The dispute was triggered in October 2020 when the employer decided to terminate an existing collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and replace it with non-union work
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