{"id":7891,"date":"2012-09-29T22:57:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T05:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=7891"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:44:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:44:43","slug":"minnesota-musicians-reject-last-contract-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/29\/minnesota-musicians-reject-last-contract-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"minnesota musicians reject &#8216;last&#8217; contract offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/171948621.html#\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Star Tribune<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Orchestra is on the brink of its first work stoppage since 1994. Union musicians voted unanimously on Saturday evening to reject what management had described as its final contract offer.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides will meet Sunday to see whether they can resolve the dispute that has grown increasingly acrimonious.<\/p>\n<p>Orchestra CEO Michael Henson said in a statement Saturday night that he was disappointed by the union vote and hoped &#8220;the players come with a realistic counterproposal&#8221; on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sources close to the negotiations said the union will propose that the two parties go to binding arbitration. If management agrees, the musicians will then make an offer.<\/p>\n<p>In binding arbitration, both sides agree to abide by the ruling of an independent arbitrator.<\/p>\n<p>Absent agreement, management has said it will lock out the musicians when the contract expires at midnight. That means musicians could not report to work and would not receive paychecks.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Minnesota Star Tribune: &nbsp; The Minnesota Orchestra is on the brink of its first work stoppage since 1994. Union musicians voted unanimously on Saturday evening to reject what management had described as its final contract offer. The two sides will meet Sunday to see whether they can resolve the dispute that has grown [&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_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":[2789,407,177],"class_list":["post-7891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labor-issues","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-contract","tag-minnesota-orchestra","tag-negotiations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-23h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7893,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/30\/minnesota-musicians-counter-offers-rejected\/","url_meta":{"origin":7891,"position":0},"title":"minnesota musicians&#8217; counter offers rejected","author":"Charles Noble","date":"September 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release from the Minnesota Orchestra musicians: BREAKING NEWS: Management Rejects Two Musician Counter Offers Minneapolis \u2013 The management of the Minnesota Orchestra rejected two counter offers by the Musicians today. Musicians have been making counter offers to avoid being locked out at midnight tonight. Management seems determined to lock\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":2952,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/06\/more-cuts-at-us-orchestras\/","url_meta":{"origin":7891,"position":1},"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. In Minnesota [from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune]: Musicians at the Minnesota Orchestra have agreed to concessions in the face of financial pressures\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":8066,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/03\/deep-pessimism-in-minnesota\/","url_meta":{"origin":7891,"position":2},"title":"deep pessimism in minnesota","author":"Charles Noble","date":"December 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I hope that Bill Eddins' most recent blog post is off the deep end of the pessimism scale, because if it isn't, then what is happening with the Minnesota Orchestra is an epic catastrophe for that organization. \"... there is no room for artistry in the \u201cvision\u201d being laid out\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;administration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"administration","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/administration-the-orchestra-world-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":943,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/25\/columbus-symphony-musicians-reject-final-offer\/","url_meta":{"origin":7891,"position":3},"title":"columbus symphony musicians reject &#8216;final offer&#8217;","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"It appears that we may be on the verge of whatever will happen in Columbus, if this results in an impasse. Press release from the CSO musicians' web site: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2008 Columbus Symphony Musicians Unanimously Vote to Reject Board's \"Final Offer\" Last night, the members of\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":12645,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/08\/minnesota-orchestra-cancels-rest-of-season-whats-next\/","url_meta":{"origin":7891,"position":4},"title":"minnesota orchestra cancels rest of season, what&#8217;s next?","author":"Charles Noble","date":"May 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The management of the Minnesota Orchestra announced today that the rest of the 2012-2013 season is officially cancelled. This is horrible, but not unexpected. So, what happens now? I don't think there's much to be optimistic about here. Both sides are about as entrenched as one can expect to see\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;administration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"administration","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/administration-the-orchestra-world-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5915,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/04\/dso-board-rejects-arbitration-offer-from-musicians\/","url_meta":{"origin":7891,"position":5},"title":"dso board rejects arbitration offer from musicians","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE: Talks are still ongoing. 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":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}