With the 2019-2020 concert season rapidly approaching, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s musicians’ union has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the NLRB. The union alleges that the orchestra’s management has not bargained in good faith regarding wages, and other conditions of employment. While it seemed that both sides were ready to reach an agreement earlier this week, management is insistent on reducing musicians’ wages by 20 percent. Now, the musicians have returned to the picket line.
See "BSO musicians file labor complaint, return to picket line", Sameer Rao, The Baltimore Sun, September 10, 2019