Musicians in the Philadelphia Orchestra have voted to strike if ongoing negotiations with management break down.
Musicians with the Philadelphia Orchestra have authorized a strike, if ongoing negotiations with management -- the Philadelphia Orchestra Kimmel Center, Inc. -- for a new collective bargaining agreement break down.
Organizers with the musicians' union said, in a statement that ninety-five percent of participating musicians voted in favor of authorizing the strike. On Saturday evening, union officials said that members called the vote, claiming that management has"failed to address the musicians’ common sense proposals to secure comparable compensation with their peer musicians in other premier American orchestras, improvements in retirement benefits, fair pay for freelance musicians who play in the Orchestra on an as-needed basis, improved leave, librarian and scheduling protections, and the filling of 15 vacant positions in the Orchestra.
Officials with the union noted however that a strike has not yet been officially called. Instead, this vote, they said, would enable a strike if the contract expires and an agreement is not reached. IN a statement, union officials cited economics as a main cause for concern in the ongoing negations. According to the union, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s musicians"make less in compensation, and have weaker retirement benefits, than musicians in every other premier American orchestra."
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