Allegro

Currently Browsing: February, 2002

Second Agreement Is Reached With Little Orchestra Society

Freelance Negotiations

Local 802 and management of the Little Orchestra Society had reached agreement on a new three-year contract as this issue went to press. Orchestra members were to vote on the contract, which includes all the major provisions of the New

Jazz at Lincoln Center Agreement Awaits Ratification by Orchestra

In December Local 802 and Jazz at Lincoln Center reached tentative agreement on a new contract covering both the resident Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the other artists who perform in the program’s concerts and tours. The agreement has still

Ambitious Rent 2002 Campaign Is Launched

Joy Portugal

The lack of affordable housing is a crisis for working New Yorkers – and, increasingly, the labor movement has come to see it as a union issue. It will be high on our legislative agenda in 2002. Labor and tenant

Hundreds Turn Out to Celebrate the Burning of 802’s Mortgage

Hundreds of 802 members and friends turned out on Dec. 19 to celebrate a landmark event in the union’s history – the paying off of our building mortgage, years ahead of schedule. Highlights of the evening included the presentation of

Musicians Say “Thank You for Keeping the Music of Broadway Alive”

During the last two weeks of December Broadway orchestra members distributed nearly 25,000 “Seasons Greeting” postcards to theatregoers. The free postcards were a gesture of appreciation to audience members for their unflagging support of the theatre during the post-9/11 period

MPTF Funding Helped 802 Members Respond to WTC Tragedy

Erwin L. Price

When disaster struck the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, it affected the lives of people everywhere. Local 802 quickly took action to deal with the new reality. At the first Executive Board meeting in the week following the event,

HBP Now Covers Domestic Partners

The Local 802 Health Benefits Plan recently announced an important expansion of coverage. Benefits for domestic partners will now be provided on the same basis as dependent benefits. The plan defines domestic partners as two unmarried adults (both of whom

802’s Web Site Adds New Content

As use of the internet becomes constantly more widespread, Local 802 is making several changes aimed at making our web site more appealing and informative. One innovation involves the use of multi-media content. This is part of the union’s effort

Shopping For A Computer, Or Internet Service?

The AFM recently announced that it has established a special program with the Dell Computer Corporation which provides discounts of 10 to 15 percent off new desktops, Monitors, laptops and accessories. The offer is good on a wide range of

Greater Strength in Jazz Field Requires Greater Union Density

Bill Moriarity

Over the last month or so, Local 802 has reached agreement with two important employers of jazz musicians for improved terms and conditions. The first of these, the New School, engages more than 70 musicians, a number of them performing

Local 802 AFM Holds Burning Party

Carla Marie Rupp

What happens when you’re free of a mortgage debt? Well, you party! One of the best parties was held before New Year’s Eve in New York. And this joyful story needs to be told. Local 802 AFM is happy. They’re

New School Faculty Ratify Agreement

Last month’s Allegro reported that an agreement had been reached covering faculty in the New School’s Jazz and Contemporary Music Program. The ratification vote was under way as that issue went to press. The contract was approved by a resounding

Collection Problems Persist at Dance Theatre of Harlem

The January issue of Allegro erroneously reported that all wages and benefits owed by the Dance Theatre of Harlem for two weeks of performances in October had been paid. While musicians have received full payment for the work, Local 802

Guest Commentary

Rev. Jesse Jackson

They say everything has changed since Sept. 11. That is not true. Those who were against workers’ right to organize are still against workers’ right to organize. Those who were against raising minimum wages are still against raising minimum wages.

The Music Succeeded in a Way that Burns Was Unable to Match

Bill Moriarity

The following review of Ken Burns’ Jazz, a much-discussed series that aired on public television early last year, recently appeared in New Labor Forum, part of a special issue that explores labor’s relationship to the world of culture. New Labor

African American History Month

Chicago-born pianist Junior Mance’s career spans seven decades and continues to prosper in the new millennium. He has worked alongside a veritable who’s who of jazz, including Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Dinah

AFCU Announces Online Banking

Stuck in rehearsals far into the night? Unable to get away on your lunch hour? No problem. Actors Federal Credit Union has the answer: online banking at www.actorsfcu.com, launched in early November. Members can now set up online access to

Musicians' Assistance Program

Jackelyn S. Frost, CSW

The events of Sept. 11, anthrax scares and fears of bioterrorism have created stress for millions of Americans, and have caused many people to retreat to unhealthy, over-indulging behavior such as smoking. The stress of the holiday season may have

Musicians' Assistance Program

The next MAP Networking Meeting, which begins at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11, in the 802 Club Room, will feature Judith Greenwald, CSW, director of the SmokeKnowMore Program. She will speak about new methods that can help empower you

Musicians At Work: Bobby Short & His Orchestra

For more than 30 years Local 802 member Bobby Short and his orchestra have been charming patrons of the Café Carlyle with elegance and style. This self-described saloon pianist and singer appears five nights a week at the famed Carlyle

Did you know???

If your doctor orders X-rays or lab work for diagnostic reasons, the cost of the tests will be covered in full, with no co-payment, at a participating MagnaCare lab or radiology facility. Tests carried out at an out-of-network facility will

Legislative Update

Heather Beaudoin

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION RATES FAR TOO LOW CRITICAL FUNDING RESTORED TO GIULIANI’S LAST BUDGET FEBRUARY SPECIAL ELECTIONS SET SPITZER URGES CONSUMERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REACHES 5.4 PERCENT WORKERS’ COMPENSATION RATES FAR TOO LOW Raising workers’

Negotiations Roundup

IN THE JAZZ FIELD Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra: Festival Productions has signed a new contract for the 2001-2002 season covering all performances at Carnegie Hall and the John Harms Center in New Jersey. The contract will also cover concerts performed

Requiem

Nicholas Caliendo – Drums John E. Collins – Guitar Dominic Cortese – Accordion Ted Da Bruzzo – Drums Artie Deutsch – Musician/Activist Alec Fila – Trumpet Anthony Fiocco – Trumpet Charles W. Fox – Piano Armando Ghitalla – Trumpet Allen

December 4, 2001 -- December 11, 2001

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2001 Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, Financial Vice-President Hafemeister, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Gale, Giannini, Landolfi, Reynolds, Shankin and Weiss, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Dennison, Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens. Nov. 27 minutes unanimously approved as

November 13, 2001

Before the meeting was called to order, President Bill Moriarity and Vice-President Erwin Price spoke to the committee regarding the CAC’s mandate to fund “general fields of employment” to promote union work for as many 802 members as possible, as

Bill Crow’s Band Room

Bill Crow

Andrew Schulman, who plays the eight-string guitar, was invited to do a five-concert solo tour of the Soviet Union in the fall of 1991, while the dissolution of the USSR was already under way. Andrew played concerts in Smolensk, Petrozavodsk,