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Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Balances Budget

February 1, 2016

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Balances Budget — Just two years after the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) implemented an emergency $5 million fundraising campaign to stay afloat,

Hartford Musicians Accept Pay Cut to Save Orchestra

February 1, 2016

Hartford Musicians Accept Pay Cut to Save Orchestra — The musicians of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra (HSO) have voted to accept a wage concession agreement that management claims is necessary to save the orchestra.

Bob Thompson

February 1, 2016

Bob Thompson — Since the 1970s, Thompson has led a series of bands, releasing a steady stream of jazz CDs and performing around the world. He’s also held a 23-year position as house pianist for National Public Radio’s Mountain Stage.

Guitar Center: Sign Our Agreement or Lose Your Job

January 20, 2016

Guitar Center: Sign Our Agreement or Lose Your Job — Under the agreement the employees lose their right to sue the company in class action lawsuits in disputes over wage violations, workplace discrimination, unjust firings, and other issues.

Mozart Symphony Date Corrections Fill in Puzzling Gaps

January 20, 2016

Mozart Symphony Date Corrections Fill in Puzzling Gaps — Two of the symphonies were thought to predate Mozart’s visit to Vienna in the summer of 1773. Now that we know they came afterwards, you can see influences and things Mozart learned on the Vienna trip.

Detroit Teachers Denounce “Third World” Conditions

January 20, 2016

Detroit Teachers Denounce “Third World” Conditions — On January 11 more than 60 Detroit city schools were closed when teachers staged sickouts to protest “Third World” conditions at some schools.

West Virginia Newspaper Decries “Right to Work”

January 20, 2016

West Virginia Newspaper Decries “Right to Work” — In a Charleston Gazette-Mail editorial the paper said, in part: “It might be good marketing by out-of-state political interests, but it’s not good policy.

NLRB Issues Unfair Labor Practices Complaint Against Asarco

January 13, 2016

NLRB Issues Unfair Labor Practices Complaint Against Asarco — This latest complaint, its third, alleges the company unlawfully implemented portions of its so-called “last, best, and final” contract proposal from on December 2015.

No Sweet Deal for American Crystal Sugar

January 13, 2016

No Sweet Deal for American Crystal Sugar — American Crystal Sugar informed union workers that the company is beginning to “prepare for the possibility of a labor dispute…”

South Korea’s Secret Weapon: K-Pop

January 13, 2016

South Korea’s Secret Weapon: K-Pop — In response to North Korea’s most recent nuclear bomb test, which it claimed was a hydrogen bomb, South Korea has amped up propaganda broadcasts aimed at the North.