Posted on 04/07/2020 10:29:22 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Kennedy Center reached a deal with its National Symphony Orchestra that includes pay cuts and wage freezes after the organization previously attempted to furlough the musicians.
The center released a statement Tuesday announcing an agreement with the musicians that includes pay cuts of 35 percent for the next six months, a freezing of wages for the 2020-21 season and a delay of a planned pay increase.
As part of the deal, the District of Columbia Federation of Musicians, the union that represents the orchestra members, said it will drop its grievance filed against the Kennedy Center, The Washington Free Beacon reported.
The Kennedy Center sparked an outcry after the organization sought to furlough orchestra musicians despite receiving $25 million in funding from the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package. Union leaders filed a grievance in response and called the furlough illegal.
"That action [the furlough] was not permitted under our collective bargaining agreement," the union said in a release obtained by the Beacon. "In recognition of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Kennedy Center, however, we have agreed to modify our collective bargaining agreement to make substantial economic concessions."
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smells like union
Well, it did seem odd, that the Kennedy Center got $25 million but wanted to layoff or furlough their employees. What exactly were they planning to do with that money if they didn’t have to pay their employees?
I guess the optics of firing the musicians while got 25 Million was a too much.
But no mention of the expansion slowed down.Nancy must have a private party scheduled for the summer.
Give it to the Democrats???
C'mon,CEOs gotta eat, too. Then there's gas for the tender to get to their yachts.
What public backlash? How do you backlash when you’re confined to your homes? I didn’t backlash. Did you backlash?
It was totally blowing-up the Democrat myth that they are
“the party of the little people”.
Pay the salaried management, of course.
No offense,but zero fvcks for instrument players.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/gop-rep-introduces-bill-to-rescind-25-million-for-kennedy-center
probably wouldn’t pass the house but somebody @ Kennedy might have said -Uh-oh.
Is there a petition to oust their current leadership?
Nancy Pelosi is ON THE BOARD of the Kennedy Center. According to inside call recorded by Whistleblower, they knew mid-March that they’d get the money. Well doesn’t that stink to high heavens.
Especially when they’d already completed recent renovations.
Oh, and Valerie Jarret is in charge.
The executives MUST take at least the same percentage cut.
Well to be fair..they didn't actually get 25 million....at least 1/2 of it had to be laundered back to the DNC.....but its a good question just the same.....they probably laid off the cow bell section...
The penny drops. Valerie Jarrett is the boss. QED
Val is one of 36, not exactly in control.
Lee Greenwood, Jon Voight, and Mike Huckabee are on there too as Trump appointees.
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