Locked out stagehands protest outside Metropolitan Opera
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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 Opera s unfair treatment of workers, lockout of stagehands and the outsourcing of work. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
NEW YORK (AP) – Locked out Metropolitan Opera stagehands protested the use of nonunion shops to construct sets for the company’s upcoming season, attracting a crowd of roughly 1,000 people outside Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Thursday.
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Locked out stagehands protest outside Metropolitan Opera
RONALD BLUM, Associated Press
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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 Opera s unfair treatment of workers, lockout of stagehands and the outsourcing of work.Mary Altaffer/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9Union 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 Opera s unfair treatment of workers, lockout of stagehands and the outsourcing of work.Mary Altaffer/APShow MoreShow Less
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 May 24. The new contract would start following the expiration of the current contract.
Still without deals are the unions for the orchestra and the stagehands. The Met’s contract with Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians expires July 31 and its agreement with Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees expired last July 31. The Met locked out Local One on Dec. 8 and has said it was exploring the use of outside workers to start construction of sets for n
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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 would start following the expiration of the current contract.
Still without deals are the unions for the orchestra and the stagehands. The Met’s contract with Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians expires July 31 and its agreement with Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees expired last July 31. The Met locked out Local One on Dec. 8 and has said it was exploring the use of outside workers to start construction of sets for next season’s new p