Players of the Philadelphia Orchestra tonight (Monday) voted 75-8 (with two abstentions) for a new three-year labor deal. Musicians got an average 4.6 percent raise per year and no change in healthcare; and management got additional Sunday and "run-out" concerts and more flexibility on tour schedules.
The new musicians' base salary in the coming year is $119,600. President James Undercofler said he wasn't sure how many musicians made that minimum - perhaps a quarter of the orchestra. Which means 75 percent are making at least a little more. Many are making a lot more. Titled players - principals, assistant and associate principals - work under the rules of the collective bargaining agreement, but when it comes to salary, they negotiate their own deals.
(Score: The Rite of Spring, which opens the season Thursday.)
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