Klarinet Archive - Posting 000045.txt from 2003/10

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: RE: [kl] Symphony on Strike!
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 21:25:09 -0400

Too many typos.... sorry:

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> Though I understand that pay cuts are
> undesirable, I think it's kinda corny
> that people are stirring up dust over this when
> they actually have jobs in today's piss poor
> economy... They should be thankful enough
> for that, but they're on strike anyway.

Bryan, the article doesn't say what they were earning before the
proposed pay cut. =A0 A friend of mine once told me what she earned in
an orchestra with collapsing schedule and failing finances. I felt
that she should've quit *before* the final pay cut arrived that caused
her to leave. =A0 The argument that "You could be worse off" doesn't
mean much if you're *already* in a desperate situation.

It's always sad when a musical organization can't pay a full salary.
Some people *are* willing / able to work in the public interest without
receiving the salary that their work merits, but that's a different
topic all together.

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