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

  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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