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Report on the AFM Convention
The 2003 AFM Convention took some important steps towards solving the organization’s ongoing funding problems, but not without difficult debate and compromise that came in the very last hours of the three-day meeting. Besides dealing with finances, the other convention
Local 802 Proposes Dues Increase
Local 802’s Executive Board has submitted a bylaw that would increase both annual dues and work dues and will be voted on at the Oct. 21 membership meeting. The proposed bylaw includes increases in per capita annual dues of $2
IN BRIEF: The Dues Increase
At the AFM Convention in June, delegates voted on an emergency financial package to keep the union strong. At the same time, Local 802 is proposing its own dues increase. What are the main dues increases from the AFM? AFM
Recognize Us!
Met Opera Guild Teachers Strike - and File for Representation
Teaching artists at the Metropolitan Opera Guild (MOG) went on strike for two weeks in late July and early August, demanding that their employer recognize Local 802 as their representative. The strike was followed by a petition for recognition at
Local 802 Bylaw Resolutions
The following resolutions have been submitted for consideration at the membership meeting to be held Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 3 p.m. in the Local 802 Club Room. (NOTE: In the following drafts, language that will be removed from the bylaw
AFM Bylaw Change
(This AFM bylaw change, otherwise known as Amended Emergency Recommendation #8, was adopted at the AFM Convention and is not subject to further ratification.) 1. Per capita: $2.00 increases effective Jan. 1, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 for regular, life
President’s Report
The AFM Financial Package
For more than ten years it has been recognized within the AFM that the Federation was in a precarious financial situation. At conventions in 1991 and 1993 compromise revenue and expense packages were put together that were meant to address
Health Benefits Plan Changes
At its June 11 meeting, the Trustees of the Local 802 Health Benefits Fund modified the self-pay (COBRA) continuation coverage language in the HBP Summary Plan Description as follows: For Plan A participants, if you lose eligibility due to insufficient
Saving Party Primaries
Guest Commentary
Mayor Bloomberg wants to eliminate all party primaries from New York City elections. To accomplish this he appointed a Charter Revision Commission to place a referendum question on this November’s ballot. That referendum question marks a misguided effort to repeal
Union Officials and Symphonic Musicians Meet in Chicago on Troubled Symphony Orchestras
In response to the current negative economic environment that has impacted many symphony orchestras, the AFM held a one-day conference for local officers and symphonic musicians in Chicago on July 21. In attendance were approximately 31 musicians representing 25 orchestras
What is the Best Way to Support Orchestral Music?
The Beat on the Street
This month, Allegro asked members the following question: With symphony orchestras struggling across the country, what do you think is the best way to support orchestral music? Orchestras should aggressively propose concerts with popular artists who already have a large
The Seeds Of Struggle
An Interview with Pete Seeger
No living musician has walked a straighter line between his art and his activism than Pete Seeger. In the McCarthy era of the 1950’s, Seeger and his group the Weavers were blacklisted for their political activities. During the 60’s, he
Safer Sex Guidelines and Getting Tested
Musicians' Assistance Program
(Note to Allegro readers: this column contains some graphic descriptions of sexual practice.) Who is at risk for contracting H.I.V.? Anyone. Men, women, young, old, heterosexual, gay, bisexual, rich, poor – and all racial and ethnic groups. Yet not everyone
Weight Loss the Natural Way
Lifestyle Notes
(This article, submitted by a Local 802 member, contains advice and suggestions intended to improve one’s health and well-being. Local 802 and Allegro offer no endorsement or recommendation regarding the efficacy or safety of any of the remedies suggested, and
Legislative Update
HELP CANADIAN MUSICIANS BIG INCREASES IN ARTS FUNDING LABOR PUSHES FOR JOBS IN LOWER MANHATTAN LMDC SEEKS ARTS GROUPS CULTURE BUILDS NEW YORK MOURNING JAMES DAVIS HELP CANADIAN MUSICIANS The AFM is asking Local 802 members to help make it
Negotiations Roundup
DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM Dance Theatre of Harlem and Local 802 reached agreement on the terms of a new contract in June, just prior to a one-week engagement at the Lincoln Center Festival. The agreement is backdated to the expiration
Grievance Corner
GOLDMAN MEMORIAL BAND A settlement has been reached between Local 802 and the Goldman Memorial Band (GMB) concerning three grievances that were brought to arbitration. Two of the grievances involved the tenure and hiring status of two long-time GMB musicians.
Executive Board Minutes
May 27, 2003 -- June 10, 2003
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2003 Meeting called to order at 11:25 a.m. Present: President Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, Financial Vice-President Hafemeister, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Crow, Gale, Giannini, Landolfi, Rohdin, Shankin and Weiss, Controller Bogert, Assistant Director Lennon. Minutes of May
Trial Board Minutes
July 7, 2003
Meeting called to order at 1 p.m. Present were Trial Board members Goletz, Hood, Ray, Roberts, Schwartz and Singer. Absent were members Koch, Lambert and Rojas. Case #928. Plaintiff William Dennison appeared before the board, on behalf of Local 802,
Bill Crow’s Band Room
I got an e-mail message from George Avakian last July with the sad news that Father Norman O’Connor had passed away. Father O’Connor was a great supporter of jazz in the Boston area, a board member and emcee at the