Monday, August 24, 2009
Union Accepts Cutbacks as City Opera Bumbles Along
Bloomberg.com: "The union representing most of the artists at the tottering New York City Opera has voted to accept a new contract for fewer weeks of work and seasonal pay."
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This story is really unfortunate. Because of seemingly incompetent leadership all of these artists are going to suffer. This is a good example of why you have a board of directors/trustees in the first place. The inaction of the other people involved is hard to fathom. If I as a member of this organization had not stepped forward to say "no" to outrageous expenditures then I would be just as guilty as the person who actively made the decisions. Even though the unions have compromised I am hoping someone will step in to keep this from happening again. Otherwise what was it all for?
I wholeheartedly agree. It is unfortunate that all of the performers must suffer, due to the mistakes of others. But I feel as if this is always the case especially in the arts. Hopefully the Opera will be able to rally and come out of this.
I have to agree with Devorah in calling this leadership "incompetent." How on earth does a board squander such a healthy endowment so quickly? Apparently they don't know how to do their jobs, and it is the performers and the crew of their productions that are taking the hardest hit. Luckily they were able to negotiate something, even though the artists had to accept some serious cutbacks. A job with some cutbacks is better than no job at all, right? Let's hope the board is able to steer the company out of this big ol' hole it has dug for itself.
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