08 Dec 2005

Opera house's woes grow as staff threaten to strike

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8159-1915359,00.html

eno_logo.jpgBy Dalya Alberge [Times Online, 8 December 2005]

ENGLISH National Opera was plunged deeper into trouble yesterday after it discovered that it was facing a strike by its staff.

Technicians, front-of-house and production staff voted unanimously to ballot for action after condemning a 2.77 per cent pay offer as “hopelessly inadequate”. Productions in January would be halted by a strike of about 170 workers.