{"id":6107,"date":"2011-04-04T11:04:54","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T15:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=6107"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:41:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:41:36","slug":"tentative-agreement-in-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/04\/tentative-agreement-in-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"tentative agreement in detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Free Press has announced that the Detroit Symphony musicians and management have come to a tentative settlement of the six-month long strike. Face-to-face meetings resumed after an unnamed intermediary proposed terms that were accepted by both sides.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.detnews.com\/article\/20110404\/ENT01\/104040364\/1409\/metro\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Contract-settlement-could-end-DSO-strike?odyssey=tab\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 [shout out to Drew McManus at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/with-bated-breath\">adaptistration.com<\/a> for posting the links]<\/li>\n<li>New York Times notice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/detroit-symphony-orchestra-has-tentative-deal\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Statement from the musicians<a href=\"http:\/\/www.detroitsymphonymusicians.org\/wherewestandtentativeagreement.html\"> here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Statement from the Detroit Symphony management <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/page.aspx?page_id=703\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Editorial from The Detroit News <a href=\"http:\/\/detnews.com\/article\/20110405\/OPINION01\/104050334\/1001\/Editorial--Outreach--fundraising-key-to-DSO%E2%80%99s-future\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have not seen details of the settlement, other than that it is a much shorter season than the previous 52 weeks &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ent\">around 36 weeks<\/a>. This story really isn&#8217;t over. It remains to be seen what can be salvaged of a completely screwed up relationship between the musicians and management, and most likely between the musicians, board, management, and patrons. It will likely take years for things to return to any kind of normalcy, and there is no predicting what exactly the new normal will look like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Free Press has announced that the Detroit Symphony musicians and management have come to a tentative settlement of the six-month long strike. Face-to-face meetings resumed after an unnamed intermediary proposed terms that were accepted by both sides. Details here and here.\u00a0 [shout out to Drew McManus at adaptistration.com for posting the links] New [&hellip;]<\/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_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":[2361,2628,2380,2629],"class_list":["post-6107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labor-issues","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-detroit-symphony","tag-settlement","tag-strike","tag-tentative"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1Av","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5225,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/28\/detroit-musicians-reject-management-offer-give-strike-authorization\/","url_meta":{"origin":6107,"position":0},"title":"detroit musicians reject management offer, give strike authorization","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 28, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Video from the Detroit FOX affiliate:","rel":"","context":"In &quot;labor issues&quot;","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":5840,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/21\/whisky-tango-foxtrot\/","url_meta":{"origin":6107,"position":1},"title":"whisky tango foxtrot??!!","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 21, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Or, as they say on the internets, WTF??!! 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I just received this email from Save Our Symphony a few moments ago - this is not a good turn in a five month dispute that has had many bad ones: March 4, 2011 Dear SOS Supporters, Tonight the Detroit Symphony management formally rejected the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;labor issues&quot;","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":6140,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/12\/pbs-covers-return-of-detroit-symphony\/","url_meta":{"origin":6107,"position":5},"title":"pbs covers return of detroit symphony","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Watch the full episode. 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