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Dateline: 5th June, 2007
Usher Hall Strike During the EIF? One of the Edinburgh International Festival's major music venues, the Usher Hall which is owned by Edinburgh City Council, may suffer strike action on the first day of this year's Festival, according to the Edinburgh News. At the end of the 2007 Festival the venue will close for a £19m refurbishment and, although some staff will be kept on to "work on an extensive business planning process in partnership with Scottish Enterprise", box office, front-of-house, technical and programming staff will not be required and at least 25 have been told to seek for other permanent positions within the council. "We have been working with these employees in recent months to support them in this process through mentoring and regular contact with managers," said genral manager Karl Chapman. "These staff are subject to the usual council procedures for permanent redeployment of surplus staff. "In future, after the redevelopment and refurbishment is complete, staff will be welcome to apply for positions at the hall." A spokesman for the public services union Unison said, "What is being suggested is tantamount to unfair dismissal and that's why we are preparing a ballot for industrial action and clearly we would be looking to stage any action during the Edinburgh International Festival." The Usher Hall is the traditional venue for the first concert of the Festival , which this year will be a concert version of Leonard Bernstein's Candide, starring Sir Thomas Allen with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Spano (Friday, 10th August). In fact, the first four musical events (10th to 13th August) are at the Usher Hall.
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