{"id":2963,"date":"2009-08-10T00:22:48","date_gmt":"2009-08-10T07:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2009-08-10T00:22:48","modified_gmt":"2009-08-10T07:22:48","slug":"worth-noting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/10\/worth-noting\/","title":{"rendered":"worth noting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just observing a few trends from the latest rounds of labor negotiations for US orchestras:<\/p>\n

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  1. Unpaid furloughs seem to be the way of dealing with labor costs, rather than lowering the pay rate (either per week or per service).<\/li>\n
  2. Managements are trying to trim costs in their own offices as well as in the ranks of the orchestra.<\/li>\n
  3. There seems to be a race to the bottom in terms of slash-and-burn expense cutting, and musicians are largely going along with this strategy.<\/li>\n
  4. Most orchestras are not raiding their endowments to pay off deficits – yet.<\/li>\n
  5. Scaling down rather than shutting down seems to be the order of this business cycle.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Just observing a few trends from the latest rounds of labor negotiations for US orchestras: Unpaid furloughs seem to be the way of dealing with labor costs, rather than lowering the pay rate (either per week or per service). Managements are trying to trim costs in their own offices as well as in the ranks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1783,186,2],"tags":[177,585],"class_list":["post-2963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration-the-orchestra-world-music","category-labor-issues","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-negotiations","tag-orchestras"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-LN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2968,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/11\/the-hidden-costs\/","url_meta":{"origin":2963,"position":0},"title":"the hidden costs","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"There have been a lot of stories in the news lately about the new concessionary contracts at orchestras across the US.\u00a0 They've been arrived at as orchestras have been desperately trying to weather the virtually unprecedented recession in the wake of the meltdown of the credit markets.\u00a0 There's a hidden\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "labor issues"","block_context":{"text":"labor issues","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/labor-issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3754,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/11\/reckoning-ahead\/","url_meta":{"origin":2963,"position":1},"title":"reckoning ahead?","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"With the looming labor actions possible in the major orchestras of Seattle and Cleveland, it makes me wonder if there will be a shift in the largest budget level orchestras in this country. \u00a0With the Big Five (now the Big Seven) orchestras in a Reagan-era arms race to maintain salary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "labor issues"","block_context":{"text":"labor issues","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/labor-issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2952,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/06\/more-cuts-at-us-orchestras\/","url_meta":{"origin":2963,"position":2},"title":"more cuts at US orchestras","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Minnesota Orchestra and Houston Symphony have just concluded negotiations with their musicians that have resulted in substantial cuts in wages, either via pay cuts, unpaid furloughs, or both. 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