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Locked out stagehands protest outside Metropolitan Opera Poll Do you agree with the UCP caucus, which elected to remove Cypress-MH MLA Drew Barnes on Thursday? Yes Union member demonstrators rally outside the Metropolitan Opera house during a "We Are the Met Rally," Thursday, May 13, 2021, in New York. Locked out stagehands and unions with contracts expiring this summer demonstrated outside the Met to protest the Operas unfair treatment of workers, lockout of stagehands and the outsourcing of w...

Locked out stagehands protest outside Metropolitan Opera RONALD BLUM, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9Union member demonstrators rally outside the Metropolitan Opera house during a "We Are the Met Rally," Thursday, May 13, 2021, in New York. Locked out stagehands and unions with contracts expiring this summer demonstrated outside the Met to protest the Operas unfair treatment of workers, lockout of stagehands and the outsourcing of work.Mary Altaffer/APShow MoreShow Les...

by Ronald Blum, The Associated Press Posted May 11, 2021 10:25 pm ADT Last Updated May 11, 2021 at 10:39 pm ADT NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on a four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists, one of three major labor deals needed for the New York company to resume performances in September. The deal for the chorus, singers, dancers, actors, stage managers and staff directors would start Aug. 1, if ratified in a vote scheduled Ma...

Met Opera strikes deal with chorus ahead of restart Business Related Federal government NEW YORK (AP) – The Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on a four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists, one of three major labor deals needed for the New York company to resume performances in September. The deal for the chorus, singers, dancers, actors, stage managers and staff directors would start Aug. 1, if ratified in a vote scheduled May 24. The new contract...

Ronald Blum FILE - This March 12, 2020, file photo shows Josie Robertson Plaza in front of The Metropolitan Opera house, background center, at Lincoln Center in New York. On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, the Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists, one of three major labor deals needed for the New York company to resume performances in September. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) May 11, 2021 - 6:59 PM...

Silenced by pandemic, Met Opera to make brief return The Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - This March 12, 2020, file photo shows Josie Robertson Plaza in front of The Metropolitan Opera house, background center, at Lincoln Center in New York. On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, the Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists, one of three major labor deals needed for the New York company to resume performances in September...

Met Opera Announces Its First Live Concerts Since Shutdown Despite ongoing labor tensions, members of the company’s orchestra and chorus will perform with soloists and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The concerts on Sunday will be the first in-person performances under the Met’s brand since March 11, 2020.Credit...Amr Alfiky/The New York Times May 12, 2021Updated 1:22 p.m. ET The Metropolitan Opera will perform again for a live audience, 430 days after the coronavirus shut down its theater. Membe...

Met Opera Settles Contract Disputes With Performers As Stagehands Protest Looms arrow THE GREEN on May 10, 2021 Jen Chung / Gothamist The Metropolitan Opera has agreed to a new contract with one of the unions representing performers, while the stagehands’ union is planning a protest Thursday outside Lincoln Center after being locked out of their contract negotiations. The largest performing arts organization in the country with more than 3,000 staffers, the Met cancell...

The Met has not performed since March 11, 2020, because of the pandemic, canceling 276 performances plus an international tour scheduled for next month.

April 23, 2021 —  Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Spring — Following Ernie Tate’s death on February 5, 2021, numerous tributes have been published highlighting his lifelong commitment to socialism and remarkable contribution to the anti-war movement. (Links are provided below.) His two-volume memoir, Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s & 60s, provides a detailed account of this work. Ernie’s role as a union leader has received less attention. Workin...