CHICAGO — Ticket holders arriving for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s (CSO) performance on Sept. 22 were turned away as they learned that the musicians union called for a strike. An ongoing stalemate over pay and health benefits was quickly resolved, however, and by Sept. 26, the CSO Association announced that CSO musicians had agreed to a new three-year collective bargaining agreement, retroactively effective to Sept. 17. The deal rescued plans for CSO tours to New York and Mexico this fall.
Production crews for symphony orchestras in Indianapolis and Minneapolis weren’t as fortunate, however. An ongoing dispute over pay and benefits that escalated into a lockout had cancelled the early part of the 2012-2013 season for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and in Minneapolis, a labor dispute is expected to keep the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra dark from Oct. 18 through Nov. 25.
Updated Oct. 8, 2012
