It is important to remember the words of the great Frederick Douglas when he said, ?POWER CONCEDES NOTHING WITHOUT DEMAND.? We?ve got to DEMAND in order to change.
Last year: ?The DSO is prepared to move forward with a newly assembled group of players that would include only those members of the current orchestra who agree to unilaterally presented terms ? any restructured ensemble would be professional and open to young musicians as well as veterans.- DSO: CHANGE TUNE OR BE REPLACED ? Detroit News, February 21, 2011?
http://www.detroitsymphonymusicians.org/archives-2010-11/whos-kidding-whom/
This year: ?Corporations reduce costs by outsourcing work. We believe our management envisions reducing costs by making wages untenable for existing musicians, causing them to leave, and by importing people from elsewhere to perform as SPCO musicians on a per-service basis.? 08/25/2012 12:01:00 AM CDT
http://www.twincities.com/opinion/ci_21393477/fearing-our-orchestra-we-know-it?source=most_emailed
THIS IS A NATIONWIDE TREND, FRIENDS.
These articles, blog posts, etc. are great in terms of spreading awareness, but we musicians have to remember that we are impotent without direct, collective action. Isn?t this issue one of the reasons why we have a musician?s union in the first place? So many great things were written about Detroit, Philly, Honolulu, etc. and still they (ultimately we) lost so much?way too much.
Here?s my thought (RAY HAIR, LISTEN UP): It would send a powerful and vitally necessary message of unity, solidarity, and resistance to establish an AFM boycott, like Louisville?s, of any orchestra deemed unfair by it?s musicians. Right now this list would include Atlanta, Indy, St. Paul, Minnesota, Honolulu, Detroit, Louisville, Philly, etc. If these cuts all happened at once people would flip out and there might be some kind of group action on our part, don?t you think? Well, my friends, don?t be fooled. It will happen to everyone, and the only solution is to act soon and act TOGETHER.
Great Music costs money. People pay for it every year. Those people are largely wealthy business people. They think they can get it for less. They?re wrong. They?re wrong if we ALL stand up to them. The boards of our orchestras are never going to care about, let alone recognize a real difference in the sound of the orchestra, and they?re not going to care if we notice it. They?re not going to care if their orchestra ceases to be a ?destination orchestra,? and they aren?t going to care if they get scabs to replace the people who leave for greener pastures (although there aren?t many left to leave for). They want music for less. But they won?t get it if we all act together.
(By the way, and apologies for bringing in politics, but have you heard Mitt Romney talk about Unions? Have you seen his outsourcing record? Anti-labor, anti-union is what the guy is all about. If you are a musician, you?re a FOOL to vote for him.)
Please share any other ideas. We?re creative, thoughtful people. Let?s be creative and thoughtful about this.
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