Details were not announced
The deal allows contracts of fees under
The contract calls for a 3.7% cut for all groups except per-performance soloists — which covers the Met chorus — of which 2.7% is temporary and will be restored on
“In order for the Met to reopen in September, it is important for
The guild said those cuts were only a small portion of the overall agreement and pointed out what it gained in the overall deal.
“Considering what the Met originally was seeking in concessions, which was around 30% in cuts, this tentative agreement was the best resolution for all our members,”
Met general manager
Oroposa was livid.
“This is what my union spent over 12 weeks bargaining for? Uneven pay cuts? Once again, soloists left out in the dust,” Oropesa wrote in a
Oropesa declined comment on her postings, spokesman
The Met’s full-time chorus will be decreased from 80 to 74 — its level now following attrition during the pandemic — with one position returning at the end of the contract.
Soloists will get their entire rehearsal fee upon arrival, instead of the past structure in which they received pay only on the nights of each performance.
“We were able to achieve a seat on the Met advisory board of trustees to try to break down the wall between the donors and the artists,” said
The deal with AGMAs covers choristers, soloists, dancers, directors, assistant directors, stage managers and staff performers. About 400 will vote
A lengthy agreement on diversity called for the Met to “expand the circulation of postings in a manner that assists in the recruitment of candidates from groups that have been traditionally underrepresented at the
In an art form where some singers have been criticized by directors for their weight, the agreement says “except where there is a significant cost factor or role based artistic decision, casting will not be based on body type or costume availability/fit.”
The Met also is negotiating with Local 802 of the
AGMA’s deal gives it the right to renegotiate if the musicians or stagehands reach better terms.
Unions and their members complained when the Met stopped paying employees on
Those are the three biggest contracts. but the Met also several union deals that expired last summer and others expiring this summer.
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