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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The management of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has told its musicians that it “has an obligation to keep Heinz Hall open” and may “hire replacement workers, either on a temporary or permanent basis, as will be determined by the business necessity we face.”
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Vanessa Ramon
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Having read the article on this topic last week about the beginning of the strike. I am disappointed to see how the Pittsburgh Symphony orchestra has reacted. The article states that the letter sent out by the PSO to the former musicians was to "The letter is intended to clarify to the employees on strike that their compensation and benefits ended on Sept. 30 and they are eligible to continue healthcare through COBRA." and that the letter had no intention of threatening the workers in any way. I think that the PSO's secret agenda was to simply threaten them in a way. First of all, the majority of the letter seems to be pointing out facts about payment and health insurance, but the only line that really matter was the line in which they mention that there is a possibility of hiring temporary replacement workers. I take this to be threatening because- as the article mentions- the PSO has no need for other musicians and it would be almost impossible to find new musicians because the union fines anyone who crosses the picket line. Overall, I think that the PSO is severely mistreating musicians that have probably been loyal for a very long time. I am interested in hearing how this situation gets resolved and learning more about what power the musicians have at this point.
1 comment:
Having read the article on this topic last week about the beginning of the strike. I am disappointed to see how the Pittsburgh Symphony orchestra has reacted. The article states that the letter sent out by the PSO to the former musicians was to "The letter is intended to clarify to the employees on strike that their compensation and benefits ended on Sept. 30 and they are eligible to continue healthcare through COBRA." and that the letter had no intention of threatening the workers in any way. I think that the PSO's secret agenda was to simply threaten them in a way. First of all, the majority of the letter seems to be pointing out facts about payment and health insurance, but the only line that really matter was the line in which they mention that there is a possibility of hiring temporary replacement workers. I take this to be threatening because- as the article mentions- the PSO has no need for other musicians and it would be almost impossible to find new musicians because the union fines anyone who crosses the picket line. Overall, I think that the PSO is severely mistreating musicians that have probably been loyal for a very long time. I am interested in hearing how this situation gets resolved and learning more about what power the musicians have at this point.
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