{"id":11770,"date":"2023-07-24T12:16:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T12:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=11770"},"modified":"2023-07-24T12:16:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T12:16:25","slug":"royal-opera-house-orchestra-votes-overwhelming-favour-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2023\/07\/24\/royal-opera-house-orchestra-votes-overwhelming-favour-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Opera House Orchestra Votes in Overwhelming Favour of Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11772\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/07\/Royal-Opera-House-Orchestra.jpg\" alt=\"Royal Opera House Orchestra strike\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Royal Opera House Orchestra (Photo courtesy of the Royal Opera House)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A ballot closed on Monday with 89.87% of Royal Opera House (ROH) orchestra members voting in favour of a strike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why all the fuss?: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the pandemic, orchestras, including the Royal Opera House, took a 10% pay cut in order to help the organization stay afloat during lockdowns. Since reopening, that pay cut has yet to be reversed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Big picture: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Musicians in the British organization have felt the effects of inflation and rising costs of living. An intense performance and rehearsal schedule has also made work-life balance particularly difficult to achieve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their demands come during a time of significant arts and funding cuts in the UK. The outgoing London Symphony Orchestra director, Sir Simon Rattle, recently complained of the dire state of affairs for UK classical music organizations, saying that the last few months \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2023\/apr\/24\/simon-rattle-uk-classical-music-arts-council-england-bbc-cuts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have been devastating<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d Organizations, including the English National Opera, Donmar Warehouse and Oldham Coliseum, have all recently been removed from government portfolios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>For what exactly is the orchestra asking?:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For what exactly is the orchestra asking?: The ROH orchestra is willing to wait for a raise in pay, but they want a solid plan to gradually increase wages back to pre-Covid levels. The Musicians\u2019 Union said in a statement that they acknowledge the challenges the ROH management faces due to funding cuts and loan repayments, but they hope to eventually have their pay restored after their dedication during the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ballot closed on Monday with 89.87% of Royal Opera House (ROH) orchestra members voting in favour of a strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":11772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[86,3,80,255],"tags":[304],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/07\/Royal-Opera-House-Orchestra.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11770"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11774,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11770\/revisions\/11774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11770"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}