Serving for six years, he chaired the council's Labor committee.
The players, angry that members of the board's labor advisory committee could not be reached, left the talks.
The Labor Committee investigated those issues until early this month.
The hearing today was one of a series by the Labor Committee on mine safety issues.
Votes on ratification by the union members and the labor committee of the orchestra's board are expected this week.
"Levine thought one thing, members of the labor committee thought something else," the person said.
He heads the Labor Committee and subcommittees on the other two.
As a member of the labor committee in basketball, he will be in New York for a meeting tomorrow.
He is the chairman of the Senate Commerce and Labor committee.
"Disney must not cut and run," said Charles Kernaghan, director of the labor committee.