Klarinet Archive - Posting 000521.txt from 2003/03

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] NYC Strike
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:32:06 -0500

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Paul Ebersman wrote:

>
> 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.

Hnmmm.

How would you feel if you're onee of those 25% now being put on the
street?

Do you think that the union will be able to negotiate the current figure
upwards in 10 years?

Do you think that there will be any musicians left on Broadway in 20
years?

In 40 years the size of the orchestras on Broadway have been halved.
Nothing makes me think that this trend is doing anything but continuing.

Mark C.

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