“Both the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Opera reached new collective-bargaining agreements with their musicians,” writes Janos Gereben in Sunday’s (9/20) San Francisco Examiner. “With Davies Symphony Hall and the War Memorial Opera House shut down by COVID-19 conditions since March and at least through the end of the year, both organizations are unable to perform live, which is a major source of their income. San Francisco Symphony has handled the problem by offering a temporary five-week contract at 65% of salaries and continued health and instrument insurance. The purpose of the temporary agreement is to allow new music director Esa-Pekka Salonen [to] open a streamed season, originally scheduled to begin on Sept. 30.” Separately, in a revised contract with its musicians, “San Francisco Opera will provide half of the salaries initially in a modified contract to be in effect for the next three years…. San Francisco Opera announced that musicians represented by the American Federation of Musicians Local 6 agreed to ‘modifications to the remaining three years of their collective bargaining agreement together’ which address the ‘devastating financial impact of the ongoing pandemic and will help to ensure the long-term stability of the company.’ ”
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