tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post4452263147173136026..comments2024-03-27T21:41:50.122-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Metropolitan Opera Contract Talks, 2014Lisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-63828388720685588512014-02-11T07:51:41.345-08:002014-02-11T07:51:41.345-08:00There are substantial and important differences be...There are substantial and important differences between the Met and the MOA, including the size of the organizations and the number of unions to deal with. Also, remember who is doing the talking: it's not someone at the Met saying that they're expecting a labor dispute, it's the head of ONE of the several unions involved, and what he is saying is pure speculation. <br /><br />Also, the MOA lockout shows just how bad the effects would be on an institution. Gelb won't lock out the unions, and if he tried to, the Board of the Met would jettison him so fast he'd be flying over Kansas without a plane by the time the news hit the internet.<br /><br />Putting it another way, I am so sure there won't be a lockout at the Met that I'd bet up to a thousand dollars against it.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-16536203653846217162014-02-07T21:06:20.999-08:002014-02-07T21:06:20.999-08:00"He is not going to destroy the company with ..."He is not going to destroy the company with a lockout."<br /><br />One wouldn't have thought the Minnesota Orchestra association would do so either, especially after all the specific warnings about what would happen if they tried, until they did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com