Issue: October 2007
[Editor's Note: Watch for ICSOM settlement bulletins to learn the details of these settlements. Those bulletins are sent to each delegate and can also be found on the ICSOM website at www.icsom.org.] In the spring of 2007, members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra voted in a contract renewal team (Brad Buckley, Erik Harris, Susan Slaughter, Bjorn Ranheim, and David DeRiso) in preparation … [Read more...]
Issue: July 2006
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Picks Itself Up Out of the Dust Surrounded, bleeding heavily from multiple wounds, taking shots from management, media, local union, labor board, and even each other, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra had a rough few months last season. This short progress report on the SLSO’s recovery is as much a testament to the seemingly boundless optimism and good will of the … [Read more...]
Issue: June 2005
In the March 5, 2005 issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, music critic Sarah Bryan Miller writes, “Nobody won the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Strike.” She is wrong on two counts. First, it was not a strike, it was a lockout. More importantly, it’s not accurate to say that nobody won. Randy Adams won hands down. Mr. Adams has been enormously successful in raising over $130 million in a … [Read more...]
Issue: June 2005
The St. Louis Symphony returned to official rehearsals and concerts on March 3, 2005, after an eight-week work stoppage. But during our two-month hiatus from Powell Symphony Hall, our musical activities continued unabated. After the SLSO musicians rejected the management’s contract offer on January 3, we formed ourselves into various committees, knowing it might be some time till we returned to … [Read more...]
