of course, this isn't really about the labor theory of value, since the players produce a collective product with a collective labor process in which external benefits amongst workers imply that the effects of individual labors can't be separated. Being paid more for more effort is about the theory of wage-determination, not the theory of value of the products of labor.
------------------------ Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > -----Original Message----- > From: michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEN-L] More on the labor theory of value > > > We're being fiddled, say violinists > > AP, Berlin > Wednesday March 24, 2004 > The Guardian > > Violinists at a German orchestra are suing for a pay rise on > the grounds > that they play many more notes per concert than their musical > colleagues > - a litigation that the orchestra's director yesterday called > "absurd". > The 16 violinists at the Beethoven Orchestra, in the former > West German > capital Bonn argue that they work more than their colleagues who play > instruments including the flute, oboe and trombone. > > The violinists also say that a collective bargaining agreement that > gives bonuses to performers who play solos is unjust. > > But the orchestra's director Laurentius Bonitz said it was > unreasonable > to compare playing a musical instrument with other jobs. > > "The suit is ridiculous," Bonitz said in a telephone interview. "It's > absurd." > > He also argued that soloists and musicians in other leading > roles - such > as the orchestra's two oboe players - should perhaps make more money. > > "Maybe it's an interesting legal question but musically, it's > very clear > to everyone," Bonitz said. > > The case is scheduled to go before a labour judge later this year. > > > > > > -- > > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > Chico, CA 95929 > 530-898-5321 > fax 530-898-5901 >
