Alive and Kicking
Accepting a last offer from Radio City Entertainment?s parent company Cablevision, the forty-one senior Rockettes on the dance group?s permanent roster agreed last night to a contract that guarantees them job security for the upcoming run of Christmas performances. Although the forty-one core members of the Rockettes were able to win one more year of job security by boycotting the open auditions held under a plan unilaterally implemented by management nine days ago (see WIT for Aug.14), their job security will be phased out, with only forty-percent of them guaranteed jobs in next year?s show. In addition to buyouts for their job security the Rockettes will also receive a 401(k) plan and 2, 2.5 and 3 percent raises over the next three years, respectively.
See "Alive and Kicking", LEONARD POST, Newsday, August 21, 2002