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Symphony chorus members urge Arts Commission to press management after strike cancels season opener
Summary
Members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus told the Arts Commission Oct. 7 that last-month strike action and a management decision to cancel three opening concerts have jeopardized choristers’ pay and called for the commission to press Symphony leadership to bargain in good faith.
Members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and volunteer singers appealed to the San Francisco Arts Commission on Oct. 7 to intervene after AGMA-represented choristers went on strike and the Symphony canceled three opening concerts, including a much-anticipated performance of Verdi’s Requiem.
Todd Bradley, a 15-season chorus member, said the chorus had been prepared to perform but found itself picketing outside Davies Symphony Hall after management canceled the concerts less than two hours before curtain. Bradley said management’s public statements blaming the union were “misleading at best” and described…
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