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Ray Chew and the Crew Demand Benefits and Dignity
Mikael Elsila
Click here for a sampling of letters supporting unionization at the Apollo Theatre. Four Local 802 members are fighting for union representation and union benefits at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theatre, and their battle is drawing wide support. The musicians are

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In the Key of Solidarity
Following is a sampling of the e-mails that have been sent to Grace Blake, Executive Director of the Apollo Theatre Foundation, urging union recognition for Ray Chew and the Crew: I have been a working musician all my life, and

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Voluntary Agreement Was "The Right Thing to Do"
Tim Dubnau
On March 17 BaRock Orchestra, a club date agency in the Jewish field, became the latest office to sign a contract with Local 802. Unlike many employers who fight efforts to unionize, orchestra owner Ari Green voluntarily decided to join

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Taking Ownership of Your Music, Accessing Union Protections, Are Key
Jazz musicians gathered in the 802 Club Room on April 3 to hear distinguished guests including Lou Donaldson, Roy Ayers, Weldon Irvine and Clark Gayton discuss “How to Make More Money as a Jazz Artist.” It was a very well-attended

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In a major victory for organized tenants, the New York City Council and Mayor Giuliani renewed the city’s rent control and rent stabilization laws until March 31, 2003, and they did so without in any way weakening the laws. “The

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Musicians’ Pay Structure and Runaway Production
Bill Moriarity
Over the past several months, in this column and in The Musician’s Voice, a relatively low volume discussion has been taking place regarding the pay structure contained in the AFM Television Film Labor Agreement. The subject, specifically, was the Motion

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The following resolution has been submitted for consideration at the membership meeting to be held Tuesday, June 20, at 3 p.m. in the Local 802 Club Room: WHEREAS the membership of Local 802 should have maximum flexibility in choosing its

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Viewpoints: Bylaw Resolution
Martin Agee
A proposed revision of Local 802’s Election Bylaws will be up for consideration at the June 20 membership meeting, and it is hoped that a quorum of members will attend to vote on it. The resolution calls for the elimination

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Viewpoints: Bylaw Resolution
Jack Gale
I believe that the bylaw proposal for 802’s June meeting which would deny candidates the right to be listed as slates on the local’s ballot for election of officers is a harmful idea. Far from providing more flexibility, as the

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Guest Commentary
Theodore R. Marmor
Reforming the rules of American medical care is one of the most difficult tasks any reformer faces. At five different moments in the 20th century, promoters of national health insurance have tried. In the Progressive era, during the New Deal,

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Judy West
GOOD NEWS ON SOCIAL SECURITY Both Houses of Congress have enacted a bill that allows people 65 years of age and older to continue to work while collecting full Social Security benefits. In the past, older workers were subject to

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2000 Health Care Supplement
Robert Ritch, MD, FACS
Glaucoma is not a single disease. Rather, it is the end result of a variety of diseases which affect the eye. When these diseases produce glaucoma, they cause a progressive deterioration of the cells of the optic nerve, which carries

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2000 Health Care Supplement
Musicians are at considerably greater risk for focal dystonia – a motor control disorder that produces involuntary muscle contractions – than the general population. But the condition is difficult to diagnose and they often go for years without realizing why

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Face the Music!
Ellen Kelly, M.S. CCC-A, Clinical Audiologist
Music professionals rely on good hearing to monitor properly while performing. When hearing loss occurs, critical listening skills may suffer as a result of diminished pitch, loudness and temporal perception. Regardless of this, many musicians accept potential hearing loss as

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Musicians' Assistance Program
Jackelyn S. Frost, CSW
Performance anxiety exists in all spheres of life and it can appear at the most inappropriate times – usually when you are most eager to prove yourself. Performance anxiety usually happens in situations when we expect to be judged on

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by Theodore R. Marmor, Aldine de Gruyter, New York, 2000, 205 pp., paper, $16.95
Americans like Social Security and Medicare. Everyone hopes to become a beneficiary some day. Even before enjoying our own benefits, few of us want the financial burden of caring for aging parents and grandparents. That’s why conservatives’ “greedy geezers” propaganda

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Ione Baker – Piano Louis Bologna – Violin Mclean Bosfield – Piano Freddy Y. Campano – Bass Albert Catell – Cello/Conductor Yves Chardon – Cello/Conductor Fred V. Dittamo – Drums/Copyist Freddie Francis – Piano Lena S. Grasso – Violin Al

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February 29, 2000 -- March 21, 2000
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2000 Meeting called to order at 11:35 a.m. Present: Recording Vice-President Price, Financial Vice-President Landolfi, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Crow, Gale, Giannini, Rosen, Simon and Weiss, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Dennison. President Moriarity excused for

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Bill Crow
At the late Ray Alonge’s memorial service at Local 802, his teacher and longtime colleague Tony Miranda shared many warm memories from their lives in the New York music business. He told of an Eddie Fisher record date, back in

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