{"id":3910,"date":"2010-01-28T08:25:32","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T16:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=3910"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:12:58","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:12:58","slug":"seattle-symphony-musicians-reach-tentative-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/28\/seattle-symphony-musicians-reach-tentative-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"seattle symphony, musicians, reach tentative agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

It appears that a long stretch of tense contract negotiations have come to a close without a work stoppage in Seattle. \u00a0The Seattle Symphony and Opera players and management reached a tentative agreement Wednesday after several nearly around the clock negotiating sessions. \u00a0The players have agreed to each pony up just over $2000 to help jump start the board’s fundraising efforts, amounting to just over $180,000 in contributions. \u00a0Read the whole story by clicking the link.[link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

You can also read the statement directly from the players (via SSO violist and committee chair Timothy Hale, pictured) by clicking the link.[link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

And, finally, you can read the management press release by clicking the link.[link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It appears that a long stretch of tense contract negotiations have come to a close without a work stoppage in Seattle. \u00a0The Seattle Symphony and Opera players and management reached a tentative agreement Wednesday after several nearly around the clock negotiating sessions. \u00a0The players have agreed to each pony up just over $2000 to help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[186,2],"tags":[177,263],"class_list":["post-3910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labor-issues","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-negotiations","tag-seattle-symphony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-114","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3693,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/30\/strike-authorization-in-seattle\/","url_meta":{"origin":3910,"position":0},"title":"strike authorization in seattle","author":"Charles Noble","date":"December 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Things aren't looking good up north at the Seattle Symphony, with the musicians and management far apart on numbers for a new contract between the two parties.\u00a0 According to this Seattle Times article, a vote to authorize a strike action from the negotiation committee was approved by the rank and\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":2305,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/08\/more-cuts-for-orchestras\/","url_meta":{"origin":3910,"position":1},"title":"more cuts for orchestras","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE 4\/08 [link] The Utah Symphony\/Opera cut 11.5% of of their benefits plus Keith Lockhart takes 10% pay reduction. 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