Klarinet Archive - Posting 000518.txt from 2003/03

From: list-klarinet@-----.net (Paul Ebersman)
Subj: Re: [kl] NYC Strike
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:26:57 -0500

jiml> Looks like the NY musicians sold out:

gary> Jim, I came to exactly the opposite conclusion: That they were
gary> very fortunate to get this high a number.

I'd say they did OK too. The musicians wanted 24, the producers wanted
15 and they wound up splitting the difference at 19. That's not
bad. It also doesn't pay to negotiate too hard. If it hurts too much,
management just looks even harder for how to eliminate the workers
completely.

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