FMCS Statement on Agreement Between the Chicago Symphony Orchestra And the Chicago Federation of Musicians

Release date: 9/28/2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Allison Beck, Director of the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), announced today that representatives of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Federation of Musicians have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement under the auspices of FMCS mediators.

The parties are not commenting regarding details of the agreement until both sides have ratified the new contract later this week.

As is Agency practice, the FMCS also is not releasing information about the contract until the ratification process has been completed.

For a PDF version of the FMCS statement, click here.

Update: The tentative agreement was ratified on October 29. To access the joint news release issued by the parties, click here.