Hello, I experienced some musician strikes and other strikes (petrol station, train network, airline). The musicians striked often because their salary was overdue for several days, means, the salary was not on their bank account or not transfered to the bank at all. But the theatres waited to get the money from the goverment or the city or the cities from the province or the province from the central goverment.
Musicians also went on "sciopero" to push a "cattivo" conductor out or to protest against an "engagement" of an unwelcome new colleague as the orchestra had no say regarding hiring a new member. When some lighting problems occurred & were not cleared for long, the orchestra went on a short "sciopero". It is not a passion in Italy, it was & still is the only way to get some things done. In the "profane world" (outside the arts), this way of life are getting more "popular" as soon as multinational trusts are involved. Payment is transferred late to the subcompanies, how big they would be, no matter. My son, who is in the computer hard ware business, experienced that quite often. Salary comes late for up to ten days. But they have no chances for strike, while a musicians strike in a big theatre produces turbulences or a big blame for the authorities. ============================================================ ========================= -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Tedesco Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:46 AM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Musician Strikes As I understand and have experienced, strikes are pretty common in Italy, but I wonder, how often, if at all, do Italian musicians strike? Chris _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
