NEW YORK (AP) -- Stagehands at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City have agreed to give up a 3 percent salary hike for the 2009-2010 season - the last year of their current contract.
The move will help the Met to deal with a looming deficit.
The Met has agreed to extend the stagehands' contract for another year when the full raise will go into effect.
The Met's general manager, Peter Gelb, had originally asked the union for a 10 percent salary cut.
That cut has been imposed on Gelb and most other top administrators and nonunion staff.
The stagehands are represented by Local 1 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
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