San Francisco Symphony musicians go on strike
Source: Reuters
Musicians of the Grammy-winning San Francisco Symphony went on strike on Wednesday after contract talks with management deadlocked, threatening a planned U.S. East Coast tour featuring concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington.
The orchestra's management canceled a scheduled Thursday matinee concert of Mahler's Ninth Symphony when all 103 musicians - the entire group belongs to the union - skipped a Wednesday rehearsal, the two sides said.
Symphony spokesman Oliver Theil said management planned to offer a revised contract proposal during a meeting set for Thursday with a federal mediator, but the musicians chose to strike before seeing it.
"As of now, the musicians are on strike," Theil said. "We'll have to wait and see if they will hear our proposal on Thursday."
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/entertainment-us-usa-symphony-sanfrancis-idUSBRE92C14220130313
