New York City Opera announces musician lockout [View all]

[no_hypocrisy]

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Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians represents the orchestra. Both unions have been without a contract since the spring.

Gail Kruvand, chairwoman of the orchestra union's negotiating committee and its assistant principal bass player, said union members "made a good-faith effort to say that, yes, we are willing to sacrifice for the sake of ensuring that the grand tradition of the City Opera lives on."

But she said the company's rejection of union proposals could be "the death knell for one of New York's cultural treasures."

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http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=8495765

Trivia: Do you know the new name of the building housing The City Opera? It's the David H. Koch Theatre (changed from The New York State Theatre). Yes, THAT Koch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Opera
Think his benevolence has any bearing on negotations with union members?