The Arizona Daily Star reported this week that the Tucson Symphony Orchestra has ratified a new contract that will cut 4.8% of the musicians salaries for the current season. The average salary at the Tucson Symphony Orchestra prior to the salary cut was $20,000 a year.
From the report:
The pact, approved by the TSO musicians union and management March 8, reduces the cost of the musicians contract by nearly 5 percent, orchestra officials said. Neither TSO Board of Directors President Nancy J. March nor TSO Executive Director Susan Franano would spell out the contract’s dollars and cents, citing varying pay scales.
The musicians’ contract negotiator, Christopher Durham, said the musicians will lose 4.8 percent of their pay for the 2008-09 season. Since the season is almost over, the pay cut will amount to 9.6 percent of their remaining pay, he said.
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