(Some of the following text has been borrowed from the AFM’s International Unfair List.)

The purpose of the Local 802 Unfair List is to let our members know about employers who treat musicians unfairly, using the following criteria.

Employers will be placed on the Local 802 Unfair List when a primary labor dispute exists between the union and an employer. Such disputes may include:

1) Lawful strikes in support of the union’s bargaining demands or demands for union recognition;

2) Employer-initiated lockouts of musicians represented by the AFM or any of its locals;

3) Union protests against employer unfair labor practices.

An employer that is openly anti-union but is not the subject of concerted activity by the union will not be placed on the Local 802 Unfair List.

An employer placed on the Local 802 Unfair List will remain on the list only as long as a primary labor dispute exists, and the local provides written evidence of ongoing concerted activity against the employer.

Local 802 will publish the names of employers that are removed from the Local 802 at the time of removal.

Members are reminded that, in accordance with Article 4, Section 1, Paragraph F of the Local 802 Bylaws, members shall not “render services or contract to render services in any place or for any employer declared unfair by the Executive Board of this Local, or the President or International Executive Board of the American Federation of Musicians”

Also, according to Article 4, Section 9, members who violate the bylaws are subject to review by the Trial Board and, if found guilty, may suffer one or more of the following penalties:

(a) a fine not to exceed $5,000;

(b) termination of membership or expulsion from Local 802;

(c) the imposition of such other or additional penalties, conditions and provisions as the Trial Board or the Executive Board may deem necessary or desirable.

Members who believe that a particular employer should be on the Local 802 Unfair List should e-mail Local 802 at: membership@local802afm.org