“The musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra have declared that enough is enough,” said Ellen Trainer, president of the Philadelphia Musicians’ Union Local 77.
“The POKC can no longer refuse to prioritize the musicians that make Philadelphia’s orchestra the best in the world.”
Since May, the musicians’ union and POKC management have met several times, including six negotiating sessions this month with little progress, said Stuart W. Davidson, lawyer for the musicians’ union. Their next scheduled negotiating sessions are Sept. 6-8. To get the Philly musicians to a salary that’s the average of their peers — $172,753 — would require a nearly 19.6% pay increase; what their managers have proposed would keep them at the bottom of the pack, according to Davidson.
Between surpluses, endowments and other funding, Davidson said the union believes the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. have the funds to meet the union’s demands.
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