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Members Party Retains Strong Majority In Vigorously Contested 802 Election
Local 802’s triennial elections brought almost 1,500 members to the polls this year. With the local’s three fulltime officers – President Bill Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Erwin Price and Financial Vice-President Tina Hafemeister – unopposed in their campaigns for reelection on
Local 802 Election Results
Final results of the Dec. 5 election of Local 802 officers appear below. The ballots were counted by the American Arbitration Association at Local 802’s offices on Dec. 5, after the polls closed, and the results were certified on Dec.
Apollo Musicians Win Union Representation And An Impressive First Contract
Musicians who perform weekly at Amateur Night at the Apollo now have a union – and their first collective bargaining agreement, which provides impressive gains, is already in place. At 11 a.m. on December 6th, Toni Fay, secretary of the
New Agreement Reached At Madison Square Garden
Local 802 has reached agreement on a new four-year contract covering employment of musicians at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. It is patterned closely after the agreement reached earlier this year with Radio City Productions, and includes a 3.5
Majority Of Early Ear Teachers Want To Be Represented By 802
After only a few short weeks of organizing, a solid majority of teachers and pianists at The Early Ear, Inc., have decided that they want to be represented by Local 802. On Nov. 14 the union sent a formal request
Shining A Light On Dark Dates
Recording Campaign Update
Since Local 802 initiated the recording campaign in October, organizers and recording representatives have spoken to hundreds of musicians who work in the recording field. The focus of the conversations is to educate members about the money and benefits lost
Political Action – The Outlook For 2001
Next year promises a dramatic change in the dynamics of New York City politics. Recently enacted term limits mean that the mayor, comptroller, public advocate and 36 of the 51 City Council members are not eligible to run again. While
Support from Bernadette Peters Helps Bring Patchogue Concert Under Contract
Club Date Campaign
Support from Tony award-winning actress Bernadette Peters was instrumental in Local 802 obtaining a contract covering 28 musicians at the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts on Nov. 17. Her performance was a charity event for St. Charles Hospital in
Zottola Music Agrees to File All of its Club Date Engagements
Club Date Campaign
Local 802’s ongoing campaign to ensure that all club date offices meet area standards took another step forward this fall, when Zottola Music agreed to file all of its club date work with the union. After several informal discussions with
President’s Report
Apollo Decision Confirmed Our Position: Musicians Are Employees
“An analysis of the factual record of this case in light of the governing authority reveals that the musicians here are employees, subject to Apollo’s right of control, without opportunity for entrepreneurial gain or loss in their relationship with the
Last Year’s Activity Laid A Solid Basis For 2001
Recording Vice-President's Report
In preparing this report I reviewed the past year’s issues of Allegro, so that I could highlight the most important currents of our activity in 2000, rather than simply reporting numbers and statistics. That look back confirmed my sense that
Labor 2000: Unprecedented Grassroots Power
People-Powered Politics: TEMPO 802
Working men and women mobilized through their unions at an unprecedented level in the AFL-CIO’s most ambitious political program to date: Labor 2000. Union members registered more people to vote (2.3 million union households were added to voter rolls); educated
Endorsements – A Power Tool For Musicians?
Viewpoints: Member to Member
Several columns by 802 members, offering advice on topics they have developed expertise in, have appeared in Allegro during the past year. The topics included: how to vest in the AFM pension plan, how to pursue music studies in Lehman
Allegro Interviews Joe Bennett
Joe Bennett played the trombone in many of the great postwar big bands. As a member of CBS studio orchestras, he was heard on the Garry Moore, Ed Sullivan and Jackie Gleason shows. He had a stint on Broadway and
Musicians Can Benefit from Chiropractic Care
For many musicians, repetitive performance injuries may be more feared than stage fright or a hostile audience. Such injuries can destroy a musician’s career. And yet the more you practice to improve your music skills, the more the small, quick,
Legislative Update
TEMPORARY WORKERS DESERVE A PERMANENT VOICE OSHA ISSUES FINAL ERGONOMICS STANDARDS NO TAX DOLLARS FOR SWEATSHOPS NLRB RULES THAT POSTGRADUATES MAY ORGANIZE TEMPORARY WORKERS DESERVE A PERMANENT VOICE The AFL-CIO recently launched a national organizing campaign targeting temporary employment agencies,
The Musicians’ Voice
AUTHOR RESPONDS TO REVIEW To the Editor: I am compelled to write to you in response to John Glasel’s rather vicious review of my book “Trumpet Blues – The Life of Harry James.” Mr. Glasel’s unfavorable remarks certainly stood out,
Grievance Corner
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER DRUMMER A grievance between Local 802 and Niko Associates, producers of the Broadway musical Saturday Night Fever, arose when Local 802 visited a rehearsal in progress on Oct. 5, 1999, and discovered that a drum machine was
Executive Board Minutes
October 17, 2000 -- November 28, 2000
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2000 Meeting called to order at 11:30 a.m. Present: Recording Vice-President Price, Financial Vice-President Hafemeister, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Crow, Gale, Giannini, Reynolds, Rosen, Shankin and Weiss, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Dennison, Jazz Advisory Committee
Bill Crow’s Band Room
At a rehearsal of Ted Blumenthal’s big band, Pete Hyde gave me this one: When Charles Mingus’ jazz group was playing in New York, Bob Zottola dropped by the club to hear the band and to visit his friend, Paul