The months-long strike at l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal is finally over, and details are beginning to emerge not only about the OSM’s new contract, but about the surprisingly small details of workplace conditions that stalled negotiations for more than a year. “After years of seeing their schedules grow ever tighter under the baton of Charles Dutoit, the musicians seemed to have decided that enough was enough. At the same time, general manager Madeleine Careau was demanding concessions to help tame an accumulated deficit that now stands at $3.4-million. To make matters worse, the OSM has been caught in recent years between the demands of its escalating international fortunes and the apparent decline of Montreal’s ability to finance large performing-arts organizations.”