Contract News & Updates

Last update: 11/11/2010

Status

• Agreement reached with Arizona Opera.

Current press

• Musicians union files NLRB complaint against AZ Opera
  Arizona Daily Star, September 18, 2010

• Ariz. Opera reaches deals with 2 unions
  Arizona Daily Star, September 21, 2010

• Musician Labor Disputes: Arizona Opera Edition
  James Newman, September 22, 2010

• Voting YES for Work Stoppage
  Bruce Hembd, September 27, 2010

• Arizona Opera, stage staff union reach agreement
  Arizona Daily Star, September 30, 2010

• ‘Pirates’ provides fabulous fun for fans
  California Chronicle, October 22, 2010

Previous press

• High Hopes in Play and Talk (January 2008)
  Past history from 2008.

• At the Opera (February 2008 )
  An AZOOMA video on YouTube.

• Tentative deal averts strike (February 2008)
  News coverage.

• A Marathon Negotiation in Phoenix (March 2008)
  Orchestra consultant Drew McManus.

Related material

• National Labor Relations Act
  This is the federal law that oversees the negotiation process.

• On Collective Bargaining (December 2007)
  More details on the process between AZOOMA and the Arizona Opera.

• Collective Bargaining Law and Regulations
  A video that sums up the process in one minute.