{"id":3792,"date":"2011-02-23T18:44:03","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T23:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nedandkathyswift.com\/?p=3792"},"modified":"2011-02-23T18:44:03","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T23:44:03","slug":"on-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nedandkathyswift.com\/?p=3792","title":{"rendered":"On Strike!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is on strike and they have been for several months.\u00a0 What’s the issue?\u00a0 More money.<\/p>\n

The strike has been on long enough that this seasons performances have been canceled.\u00a0 So, the city of Detroit has no reason to settle the strike this season.\u00a0 And, next seasons performances are uncertain.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this is the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and not the New York Philharmonic. So, I doubt that its’ patrons will miss it.\u00a0 If the people from Detroit want music, that can always attend programs at the local universities.<\/p>\n

I guess the musicians have been so isolated in their own little world that they don’t know what is going on in the rest of the world.\u00a0 And, they probably don’t understand that Detroit has money problems.<\/p>\n

I wonder which pays more, unemployment or their symphony paycheck?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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