As Allegro goes to press, club date musicians were set to vote on the new club date scale. We’re very pleased to tell you that Local 802 has secured substantial gains in this new agreement. The wage increase of 13.5 percent over the three-year contract is by far the highest we’ve achieved in the club date field going back over the last 15 years. We also won sizeable increases in mileage and transportation, and a regional air travel provision far better than we’ve had before. Also, all out of town gigs over 150 miles will now be paid at the four-hour Saturday night scale. [read more]