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“Our union has many members at the Met beyond those represented by Local One. “It would have been a new kind of opera tragedy if the Met remained closed, but we’re not done yet,” said IATSE International President Matthew D.

Contract talks began on June 7, and unlike earlier rounds of negotiations in 2020, Gelb was present at the bargaining table.

This agreement makes it possible for the 2021-2022 opera season to begin as scheduled.”Īfter seven months of near-silence, Peter Gelb approached the union last month to begin talks. If talks had dragged on any longer it may have been impossible to prepare the opera house for a September opening. “Getting to this point required overcoming hard feelings due to the lockout of our members and crafting some innovative solutions,” said union president James J. Bad BloodĪfter being locked out, the IATSE filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board after they alleged Met opera managers ignored information requests and adequately address safety issues. There will also be a payment for eight weeks of bridge pay. While the details have yet to be officially released, OperaWire has reported the deal includes a 4.5 per cent pay cut over three years. Ahead of the vote, union members are expected to return to work Wednesday, July 7, 2021. The tentative agreement will be put up for a ratification vote by union members on July 18. Things turned ugly when the company locked out 350 union members after negotiations surrounding wage cuts fell apart on December 8, 2020.Īccording to a press release issued by the union, negotiations have been running round-the-clock from the end of June through July 4. The news follows a lengthy battle between the IATSE Local One union and a COVID shuttered MET Opera after the stagehands’ contract expired July 31, 2020. The Metropolitan Opera and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local One, the stagehands’ union, have reached a tentative agreement that might keep the MET Opera on track to reopen in September.