Symphonic Shorts
Dealing With Management...the NLRA
The National Labor Relations Act was signed into law by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1935, at a time when labor disputes were commonplace. The Act protected employees’ rights to organize and bargain collectively with employers. It also created the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to monitor and investigate charges of unfair labor practices. Some of the rules the NLRA established:
Notice requirements before contracts can be terminated/modified
Prohibition of strikes/lockouts without proper notice or while a contract is in force
Rights of employers and employees to choose their own bargaining agents/committees
Duty of employer to provide relevant information (i.e. financial information if the employer pleads poverty, etc.; Federal Tax Law and the Freedom of Information Act also require financial disclosures from nonprofit organizations and grant recipients)
Requirements to bargain in good faith (and forces parties back to the table when a change in circumstances, e.g. a strike, follows an impasse)
Prohibits employer from bypassing the bargaining agent and negotiating directly with employees
Protects individuals from being harassed, threatened, or coerced for participating in union activities during negotiations
FPO Grievance Status
- Grievances this year: 19
- Grievances resolved: 7
- Grievances dropped: 3
- Outstanding grievances: 9
- Grievances related to scheduling: 11
- Grievances related to personnel (auditions, nonrenewal, etc.): 5
- Misc. grievances:
FPO | St. Paul CO | New Jersey SO | |
Number of Contracted Players | 81 | no minimum | 76 |
Annual Salary | $35,000 | $55,100 | $30,855 |
Services per Week | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Season Length | 43 weeks | 38 weeks | 33 weeks |
Annual Budget | $10,900,000 | $9,707,439 | $10,000,000 |
Government Support | $586,000 | $294,200 | $1,364,000 |
Endowment | $3,590,719 | $18,000,000 | $7,054,000 |
% of Budget paid to Musicians | 43% | 33% | 45% |
FPO on WTMI!
Starting July 4, you can hear the Philharmonic every Sunday night at 9pm on WTMI, 91.3 FM.
NWS Gets Grant
The New World Symphony recently received a grant from the Ford Foundation for their week-long "John Adams and the Younger Generation" residency.
FPO Committee Members
As a result of elections held by the orchestra, the following were elected to the orchestra committee:
Leslie Bahler
Geoff Hale
Andrew LeWinter
Jeff Meyer
Steve Svensson
Their term begins in September, and the chair will be elected from within the committee. We wish them luck!
Boca Pops new members
Congratulations to the winners of the string bass auditions held on May 15th:
Luis Gomez-Imbert, Principal Bass
Mik Groninger, Asst. Prin. Bass
Jacqueline DeLos Santos, Bass
News & Announcements
David Loebel, conductor-in-residence with the New World Symphony, has been named Music Director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra...The Florida Philharmonic has balanced its budget for the 1999 fiscal year...The FPO has announced that Duilio Dobrin has resigned from the Associate Conductor position, effective May 1999, and Peter Nero has resigned, effective May 2000...
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