Musicians who sign up to perform in seasonal concerts for a Pennsylvania orchestra are employees, not independent contractors, and they have the right to engage in collective bargaining through a union, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held (Lancaster Symphony Orchestra v. NLRB, 2016 BL 201522, D.C. Cir., 14-1247, 4/19/16).
The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra classified the musicians as independent contractors, but the National Labor Relations Board determined they are employees and ordered the orchestra to bargain with an American Federation of Musicians local after the musicians voted for union representation.
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