NEW: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., will stop paying its musicians despite expecting to receive some $25 million in aid from the recently signed coronavirus relief package, union says.
The prestigious arts center earlier this month cancelled all performances through May 10 in an effort to follow the government's social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus outbreak across the country.
Audience members watch as Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda conducts the National Symphony Orchestra during a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Feb. 14, 2019. Audience members watch as Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda conducts the National Symphony Orchestra during a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Feb. 14, 2019.Ed Malaga, president of the local chapter of the American Federation of Musicians, called the decision"outrageous" in the statement, provided to ABC News, and added the union has filed a grievance challenging the arts center's announcement on Friday to stop paying its musicians.
"This decision, from an organization with an endowment of nearly $100 million, is not only outrageous – coming after the musicians had expressed their willingness to discuss ways to accommodate the Kennedy Center during this challenging time – it is also blatantly illegal under the parties’ collective bargaining agreement," Malaga wrote."That agreement specifically requires that the Center provide six weeks’ notice before it can stop paying musicians for economic reasons.
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