The Board of Directors Announces the Dissolution of the San Antonio Symphony
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#2Seems to be some background here: https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-symphony-2021-2022-...
Re: The Board of Directors Announces the Dissolution of the San Antonio Symphony
#3Seems to be some background here: https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-symphony-2021-2022-...
Honestly from this article nobody comes off looking great: there are musicians refusing to accept fiscal reality on one side, and management acting in bad faith and firing the conductor out of spite on the other.
Pity.
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#4If the musicians weren't unionized, wouldn't they all be better off right now since they'd still be employed?
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#5Playing music shouldn't be this complicated. This is bordering on absurdist comedy.
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#6If the musicians weren't unionized, wouldn't they all be better off right now since they'd still be employed?
No, they'd be stuck working for not enough money instead of looking for actual livable jobs like they are now and likely have been doing for the duration of the strike.
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#7If the musicians weren't unionized, wouldn't they all be better off right now since they'd still be employed?
It was their choice to kill their exploitative employer. :)
Re: The Board of Directors Announces the Dissolution of the San Antonio Symphony
#8It's important to remember that this is a statement made by one party to a dispute, not a neutral statement of facts. It's unclear whether any of the claims made in the statement are true, or whether this is an intentionally destructive response to hard bargaining by the musicians.
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#9It's important to remember that this is a statement made by one party to a dispute, not a neutral statement of facts. It's unclear whether any of the claims made in the statement are true, or whether this is an intentionally destructive response to hard bargaining by the musicians.
Either way, they’re shutting down. That’s not really a bargaining tactic. It’s failure mode.
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#10If the musicians weren't unionized, wouldn't they all be better off right now since they'd still be employed?
short term maybe, long term no. They still have their instruments, people still like music, bankruptcy hurts the owners more than anyone else. Giving your collective bargaining power up for something like this doesn't strike me as smart.