![]() ![]() In a further concession, musicians will receive only eight weeks of family medical leave four weeks less than the typical 12 weeks of family leave. The musicians will receive a 5.6 percent increase in weekly salary under terms of the three-year contact, but with fewer weeks of work, the real increase is much lower. The main opera season will be cut from 24 to 22 weeks, as per the original proposal, but there are five additional weeks for performances of The Ring Cycle by Richard Wagner. The Lyric Opera proposed to cut the full-time orchestra from 74 to 69 musicians while the final agreement sets the number at 70. ![]() The final agreement includes reductions in the workforce and a shorter season. According to the union, at the initial stage of talks management’s proposed pay cut was as high as 43 percent. The musicians struck over management’s attempts to reduce the size of the orchestra by five positions, shorten the performance season, reduce pay by eight percent and eliminate radio programming. A strike by orchestra musicians at the Lyric Opera of Chicago that began October 9 ended five days later, October 13, with musicians voting to ratify a new agreement presented by the Chicago Federation of Musicians that contained a number of management’s concession demands. ![]()
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