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Currently Browsing: January, 2002
New Three-Year Agreement is First Achieved in Freelance Field
The New York Pops
Members of the New York Pops orchestra voted 54-1 to ratify a new three-year contract early in December. It was the first agreement reached during the current round of freelance negotiations and may well set the pace for the 11
Jazz Faculty Make Advances In Their Second Agreement
New School Jazz Program
Local 802 has negotiated its second collective bargaining agreement with the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program at the New School University and, as this issue went to press, faculty members were voting on whether to ratify it. The first contract,
Recording Musicians Improve Wages, Health Contributions
Phono Agreement
The AFM and representatives of the phono industry reached agreement on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement on Nov. 9. It was the second of the Federation’s national agreements to be negotiated during the current three-year bargaining cycle. The agreement
Local 802 to Begin Talks With Off-Broadway League
On Jan. 28, Local 802 is scheduled to begin talks with the Off-Broadway League of Theatres and Producers. The goal is to negotiate an industry-wide agreement that sets standards for wages, benefits and working conditions in the Off-Broadway arena. The
Dance Theatre of Harlem Pays Up
Dance Theatre of Harlem has paid its 60 musicians more than $100,000 in wages and benefits for a week of performances that had been past due since early October. The payment came after Local 802 filed a grievance, reported the
Why 802 Needs an Activists’ Network
Local 802 Needs You! JOIN the Local 802 activists’ network, an organization devoted to building a stronger, more effective union for all musicians For details, call (212) 245-4802, ext. 143, or contact an Executive Board Member A wise man once
Local 802’s Political Action: Looking Backward, and Ahead
The New York City Mayor’s race surprised most political pundits when Michael Bloomberg won against Public Advocate Mark Green in this year’s general election. Bloomberg won 719,819 votes, or 50 percent, to Green’s 676,560 votes, or 47 percent. The remaining
Broadway Theatre Orchestras Reach Out to Their Audiences
Elevating the visibility of Broadway theatre orchestras will be a major goal of Local 802 in the coming year. The effort was launched in December, with a “Season’s Greeting” card from Broadway orchestras distributed throughout the theatre district during the
802 Member Assisted in Rescue Efforts on September 11th
The last two issues of Allegro have reported on the contributions made by many 802 members in the aftermath of Sept. 11. They have played in memorial services and at respite centers; they have performed in fundraisers that raised millions
President’s Report
The Power of Music
Over the past several years much has been written and discussed about the power music has to affect our physical and mental processes. Most of the discussion has centered around the education system – but in the days following Sept.
Jan. 31 is the Deadline to Apply For a Union Plus Scholarship
For ten years the Union Plus Scholarship Program has been helping students from working families achieve their educational goals. To date, the program has awarded over $1.5 million to union members and members of their families who want to begin
Anne Walker Scholarship Fund Is Seeking Applications
For the fourth year, members of Local 802 and their children who are pursuing studies in music will have the opportunity to apply for an Anne Walker scholarship. The fund honors a dedicated advocate for musicians, who worked tirelessly on
Holidays Highlight New Yorkers’ Real & Immediate Needs
Guest Commentary
The assault on the World Trade Center killed thousands of innocent people, injured hundreds more, and unalterably changed the lives of millions. While the attacks on Sept. 11 have affected all Americans in one way, shape or form, they were
How to Escape the Debt Trap
Musicians' Assistance Program
During the holidays, it’s easy to get caught up in the spirit of the season and spend beyond your means. That is especially true this year, since work in the music business – as well as in survival jobs –
MAP Networking Meeting on Therapeutic Value of Music
The MAP Office’s monthly networking meeting – set for Monday, Jan. 14, from 3:30 until 5 p.m. – will feature a workshop on the therapeutic value of music for the musician. It will be presented by Dr. Louise Montello, an
Season Of Solidarity
A HOLIDAY SEASON OF CONSCIENCE Hundreds of students marched down Fifth Avenue on Dec. 5, through throngs of holiday shoppers, in a candlelight march to end child labor and sweatshop abuses. It was the fifth annual Holiday Season of Conscience,
Metro NY Labor Communications Council
Schedule of Public Programs for 2002
The Metro New York Labor Communications Council, of which Allegro is a member, is planning a series of public programs. Local 802 members are invited to attend. “Oh Say Can You See: The Ethics of Reporting in a Time of
802 Bookshelf: “You Can’t Steal A Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt, And Nat”
by Gene Lees, Yale University Press 2001, 269 pages, $27.95 hardcover
Gene Lees practices the art of the illuminating essay in his subscription publication Jazzletter, a monthly gem that originates at his home in Ojai, California. Every so often he assembles a group of related essays into a book, and his
One ATM for Every 250 Members
Actor's Federal Credit Union
Although it’s not possible for every credit union member to have a personal ATM, Actors Federal Credit Union comes close – with one ATM for every 250 members. As 2001 drew to a close, AFCU had more than 50 ATMs
The Musicians’ Voice
OPPOSED TO EMERGENCY POWERS To the editor: The most recent Members Newsletter includes an article entitled “Are Emergency Powers Needed?” in which the Executive Board laments the fact that, after the events of Sept. 11, it was unable to lower
Legislative Update
AFL-CIO URGES MORE MEMBERS, MORE VOTERS COBRA BILL CONTINUES TO BUILD SUPPORT FULL $20 BILLION IN SEPT. 11 AID IS SOUGHT HAVE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, WILL TRAVEL AFL-CIO URGES MORE MEMBERS, MORE VOTERS AFL-CIO President John Sweeney urged union leaders to
Negotiations Roundup
OFF-BROADWAY Summer of ’42: Local 802 has negotiated a two-year agreement with Summer of ’42, LP, Mitchell Maxwell, Producer, for six musicians who are performing in a run-out presentation of this musical at Stamford’s Rich Forum Theatre and returning to
Executive Board Minutes
October 23, 2001 -- November 27, 2001
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2001 Meeting called to order at 11:30 a.m. Present: Recording Vice-President Price, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Gale, Giannini, Reynolds, Rohdin, Shankin and Weiss, Controller Bogert. President Moriarity excused to attend AFM-EP Fund meeting. Financial Vice-President Hafemeister excused
Coordinating Advisory Committee Minutes
October 9, 2001
Members of the CAC: Voted unanimously to approve a grant of $5,000 for the Henry Street Chamber Opera’s 2002 opera production budget, for a production which will employ 33 musicians working under union contracts. The funds will go toward music
Bill Crow’s Band Room
Frad Garner is translating Baron Timme Rosenkrantz’s memoir of Harlem, written in German, into English. Rosenkrantz was a good friend of Louis Armstrong, and included this story: Arthur Jackson once told of how Louis had been to a little late-night