IATSE Local B29 members at the Kimmel Center, Academy of Music, and Miller Theater have reached a tentative agreement with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts. The new contract includes a 23% raise over five years and other benefits, resolving a months-long negotiation.
Ushers at the Kimmel Center , the Academy of Music, and Miller Theater have struck a tentative deal on a new labor contract . If approved, the contract would give the members of the union a 23% raise over five years, officials of IATSE Local B29 and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts announced Wednesday.
No other details of the tentative contract were released, except that it included “additional benefits and changes to work rules, reflecting the ushers’ vital role as the face of Ensemble Arts’ venues,” the two sides said in a joint statement. The union had been seeking changes in work rules; the right to work at all events other than concerts in the Kimmel Center, like weddings; the right to work orchestra events outside of the Kimmel Center, such as the annual concert honoring Martin Luther King Jr. at Girard College; meals for ushers working double shifts; and overtime pay on Sundays.Last week, after more than six months of negotiation, IATSE Local B29 membersNegotiations resumed this week under threat of a strike during a busy performance calendar that includes the Philadelphia Orchestra in two performances of Mahler’s in the Academy of Music
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