Symphony musicians reject contract

Musicians of the Richmond Symphony have voted against accepting a management offer of a new contract that would reduce the season from 38 to 36 weeks and cut players’ pay, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports:

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/entertainment/2012/sep/30/1/richmond-symphony-musicians-reject-final-contract-ar-2246964/

Under what the musicians have described as management’s “final offer,” the annual salary of a full-time section musician would fall from $32,785 to $28,886. Local 123 of the American Federation of Musicians, the symphony players’ union, recommended rejection of the offer.

The musicians have continued performing without a contract.