Indeed--but alas too often it hasn't been the unions taking care of the performers, staff, and techies. Here in KC all the major union houses (Ballet, Symphony, Lyric Opera) have worked like crazy to fundraise and support everyone in their organizations and they have largely succeeded. KC is different from a lot of other mid-size midwest…
Indeed--but alas too often it hasn't been the unions taking care of the performers, staff, and techies. Here in KC all the major union houses (Ballet, Symphony, Lyric Opera) have worked like crazy to fundraise and support everyone in their organizations and they have largely succeeded. KC is different from a lot of other mid-size midwestern cities in its level of philanthropy but what they've done here is a testament to the determination of the administration's of all these organizations and rather less the support of the unions, although that is vital to things like health care for dancers and pensions.
Indeed--but alas too often it hasn't been the unions taking care of the performers, staff, and techies. Here in KC all the major union houses (Ballet, Symphony, Lyric Opera) have worked like crazy to fundraise and support everyone in their organizations and they have largely succeeded. KC is different from a lot of other mid-size midwestern cities in its level of philanthropy but what they've done here is a testament to the determination of the administration's of all these organizations and rather less the support of the unions, although that is vital to things like health care for dancers and pensions.