Palm Beach Opera Contract Ratified
Members of the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra have ratified a new three-year
agreement. The new agreement includes wage increases of 12% and pension
contribution increases of 1.5% over three years; a 28-day cancellation
policy for all services; a new appeals committee structure giving the final
authority in musical-performance player dismissal to the appeals committee;
compensation for members of audition committees; and increased player input on
hiring of extras and granting of tenure. The musicians were represented by Local
655 President Peter Graves, AFM Negotiator Chris Durham, and Orchestra Committee
members Rochelle Gnagey Skolnick (chair), Diane Weisberg, Jennifer Potochnic,
and Erika Venable.