DSO Management Makes 'Final Offer'

DETROIT (WWJ) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra management is making what they are calling a "final offer" to striking musicians, and they say they want an answer by Thursday.

The DSO wasn't releasing details of the offer, but management said in a statement that they have given the musicians negotiating committee a new proposal -- and it will be their last.

A spokesman for the striking musicians said orchestra members will meet Thursday afternoon and decide whether or not to vote. If there's an agreement, there could still be music at Orchestra Hall this season, including summer and fall.

The DSO said the offer meets a lot of the musician's requests on a wide range of issues.

Musicians have been on the picket line since Oct. 4. Management of the financially struggling orchestra implemented a 33 percent base pay cut in the first year of the new contract. Musicians had offered a 22 percent reduction.