[Fmpro] LSO and stuff

[Rick Blanc]

 Producers have been using the LSO for many
 years.  And why not?  First-class product,
 reasonable pricing.  That's it.  All this noise
 about union, what people deserve, world order
 etc. is all just that -- noise.  I hate to be
 the agent of disillusionment but does anyone out
 there really think the union gives a damn about
 YOU.  You live, you die, who cares?  The union 
 guys have their salaries to worry about.  

 The way things work is really quite simple.
  Companies need product, sometimes good
 product.  If a union can stand in the way of
 their need and their product they can extort
 some more money, if not then they can't.
  The landscape today weakens unions because they
 can't prevent producers from getting the product
 they want -- somewhere.

 All this idealism and utopianism is interesting
 maybe, but has no impact on the fundamentals:
 union bosses have their paychecks to worry about
 and if YOU expire tomorrow you will be known as 
 union member #### whose dues will be missed.
  Meanwhile business continues -- as it should -- 
 and first-class orchestras and musicians 
 worldwide will work and compete in an
 international marketplace. 

Rick