Page 1 - News - New York - Village Voice: Carnegie Hall's opening gala—its biggest fundraising night of the year—was supposed to take place on October 2. The black tie event benefiting the nonprofit's artistic and education programs would have included performances by the Philadelphia Orchestra and Grammy Award-winners Joshua Bell and Esperanza Spalding.
Early in the week, though, patrons found a note on the venue's website announcing that the performance had been called off: "This concert has regrettably been cancelled due to a strike by Carnegie Hall's stagehands, represented by IATSE/Local One (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees)." It was the first strike in Carnegie Hall's history.
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I think this is an interesting article, especially after reading last weeks article about the same stagehands that make $400k a year, a huge some of money that not everybody agrees with. While it is true that these individuals are highly skilled and probably deserve as much money as they are making, it does raise some questions about if what they are making is truly fair. This article presents some interesting views about the strike that was held over the educational wing, and I'm not entirely sure that the issue was ever truly resolved.
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