The battle just gets uglier between the AFM and management.
The American Federation of Musicians announced that it has placed the Louisville Orchestra on its “Unfair List,” just a week after the orchestra emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy without a collective bargaining agreement with its musicians and just weeks before the orchestra’s season-opening performance scheduled for Sept. 10.
Placing the organization on the unfair list means that any union members who play for the Louisville Orchestra without a contract could be fined. All the orchestra’s musicians are members of the New York-based union.
The federation issued a statement saying it took the action because during a U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing on Aug. 15 the orchestra’s chief executive, Robert Birman, said the orchestra would continue working toward a contract with the current musicians but could also pursue agreements with non-union musicians or sidestep the union to make agreements with union musicians.
Utter silliness, from both sides.
The Seattle Symphony seems to be thriving, sans the AFM.
Maybe, it's time to rethink the entire enterprise...just sayin'...
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