“For the third year in a row, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and its musicians ratified a new contract well in advance of the current pact’s expiration … seven months before the current contract’s expiration on Sept. 6,” writes Sherri Welch in Thursday’s (1/30) Crain’s Detroit Business. “Terms of the new contract, which takes effect Sept. 7 and runs through Sept. 5, 2023, include: A contingent of 88 musicians beginning in the second year of the contract, up from 87 currently; annual pay increase of 5.1 percent over three years; 39 weeks of performances in year three of the contract (up from 38) plus four weeks of vacation; increased cost sharing of health insurance premiums; expanded paid family leave; … continued ‘optional work’ model allowing DSO musicians to offer community engagement services with performances in hospitals, senior living communities, schools and other venues…. The terms of the agreement fit within the parameters outlined in the DSO’s 10-year plan for fiscal and artistic sustainability instituted in 2013, the DSO said…. The new contract was built on the values of respect and trust earned through the previous two negotiations, said Principal Horn Karl Pituch in the release, speaking on behalf of the musicians on the joint negotiations committee.”
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