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Posted: 8:23 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012
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Exactly a month after management locked them out, the musicians with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra have voted to ratify a new contract just in time for the season opener.
A statement from the musicians says they're accepting more than $5,000,000 in concessions. One report says each musician will take roughly at $20,000 pay cut.
It's a two-year contract which will also shorten the orchestra season to just 41 weeks in the first year.
The deal is essentially the same one a musicians' union board already rejected and it followed a vote by the full orchestra on Wednesday.
The statement announcing the acceptance also included a scathing diatribe against ASO management, saying "those charged with overseeing the ASO have done historic damage to the future of the orchestra" by lowering salaries and making Atlanta a less lucrative destination for top musicians.
There was no immediate comment from orchestra management.
The season starts Oct. 4.
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