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Secret ballots and ‘unfair’ dismissals: Opera Australia reels from turbulent six weeks – The Guardian
After a third of its orchestra was made redundant, the remaining musicians will begin rehearsing for the 2021 summer season
Opera Australia will launch its summer season on Thursday, still reeling from a turbulent past six weeks that saw the company hit with a slew of unfair dismissal cases, and itsorchestra deliver a vote of no confidence in its concertmaster.
Guardian Australia has learned that in a bid to stop the forced redundancies of almost one-third of the Opera Australia orchestras 56 full-time employees the musicians took the unprecedented step of holding a confidential ballot on 25 September to signal to management…
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