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The Metropolitan Opera and the national for its soloists and chorus person announced a one-year statement connected a contract
NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Opera and the national for its soloists and chorus announced a one-year statement Friday connected a contract.
The statement calls for a 2.5% wage summation positive an further impermanent 2.5% hike that followed the labour group's assistance successful securing a $5 cardinal appropriation successful New York state's budget.
The woody betwixt the Met and the American Guild of Musical Artists starts Aug. 1 and runs done July 31, 2026. It indispensable beryllium ratified by the union. AGMA besides represents dancers, full-time actors, signifier managers, signifier directors and choreographers.
The Met said AGMA helped lobby the authorities authorities for the appropriation, and the further 2.5% emergence volition sunset erstwhile the woody expires.
Two different large Met national deals expire July 31, with Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians, which represents the orchestra, and Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, which represents stagehands.
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