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Currently Browsing: November, 2000

Area Standards Campaign to Focus on 'Dark Dates'
Tim Dubnau
In recent weeks union staff have begun to contact 500 of the busiest recording musicians in Local 802, requesting their help in a major new campaign to strengthen the union’s effectiveness in the recording field. This joint campaign by 802’s

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Ends Two-Year Dispute With League of American Theater and Producers
An arbitrator has ruled that payment of the Associate Conductor premium on Broadway is required for every performance, vindicating Local 802’s position in a dispute with the League of American Theatre and Producers that began almost two years earlier. The

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Natasha Jackson
International Women in Jazz and the Local 802 Jazz Advisory Committee collaborated to present a panel on “Women in Jazz: Surviving and Thriving” on Sept. 25. The women of the JAC wanted to address the unique issues facing women jazz

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Judy West, director of Public Relations and Legislative Affairs for Local 802 since 1983, retired at the beginning of this month. When the Glasel administration took office, one of its first acts was to establish a department of public relations,

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Issues In The Presidential Election And Senate Race
Al Gore Vs. George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Vs. Rick Lazio Deciding how to cast your ballot is a very personal choice. But it’s often difficult to gather enough solid information to make an informed decision, despite the deluge of

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FOR PRESIDENT & VICE-PRESIDENT: Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman FOR U.S. SENATE: Hillary Rodham Clinton FOR STATE SENATE: Liz Krueger, Senate District 6, who is challenging incumbent Roy Goodman (Republican). Rory Lancman, Senate District 11, who is challenging incumbent Frank

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The AFM International Executive Board has endorsed Al Gore for president. Federation President Steve Young released a statement saying that Gore is the best candidate in terms of preserving support for labor and the arts. He said reasons for the

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A Few Brief Items
Bill Moriarity
HOW THIS ELECTION WILL AFFECT OUR LIVES On these pages you will find a comparison of Vice-President Gore’s and Governor Bush’s positions on a variety of issues important to the labor movement. Please read this information carefully and then be

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2000 Music Support Supplement
Carl Thompson grew up in Pitcairn, Pa., a little town about 25 miles east of Pittsburgh, and has been playing the guitar since he was seven years old. Early in his professional career he was the guitar player with Billy

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Musicians' Assistance Program
Rhoda Urman, CSW
It used to be that musicians, painters and dancers could hold part-time jobs and still survive in New York City while pursuing their particular art form. However, times have changed – and survival in the 21st century as a musician

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The Check Really Is In the Mail!
By the time this issue is printed, members covered by the 802 Health Benefits Plan should have received a welcome stream of checks and payment notices for HBP claims. Claims processing slowed to a crawl this summer when Union Labor

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Hal Galper
Do you cringe in fear at the mere mention of the phrase “make your own web site?” Have you avoided joining the digital age because you think you have to be a technical web whiz to make one? Assuming you

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Guest Commentary
Assemblymember Ed Sullivan
Briefly, because he and his sister, Jane, are not given the opportunity to read. They are not given the time to read and enjoy it, they are not given special teachers to help them over the rough spots, they are

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Tina Hafemeister, who has served as a member of the Local 802 Executive Board since 1993 and as Supervisor of the Music Preparation Department since 1996, was appointed by the Executive Board to the office of Financial Vice President on

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The Local 802 Executive Board has appointed David Lennon as Assistant Director. He will administer the Concert Department, reporting directly to the Executive Board, and will also supervise Broadway Field Services. As Assistant Director Lennon will serve as lead negotiator,

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by Sherrie Tucker, Duke University Press, Durham, N.C., April 2000, 384 pp., hardcover, $29.95
Rosalind Cron
Sherrie Tucker has produced a must read and very relevant book for all musicians. “Swing Shift – ‘All Girl’ Bands of the 1940s” brings to public consciousness the history of women musicians who crisscrossed the country during the decade of

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by Peter J. Levinson, Oxford University Press, New York, 1999, 284 pp., hardcover, $30
John Glasel
This biography traces the career of Harry James. Taught to play trumpet by his father, a Texas circus bandmaster, he started playing in circus bands, went on to join local “territory bands” and then to big band stardom, first with

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Judy West
DRUG RE-IMPORTATION BILL ADVANCES A Senate bill allowing imports of low-priced prescription drugs won the approval of the House leadership on Sept. 26, making it likely that there will be agreement in Congress and from the President. Introduced by Sen.

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Harry John Brown – Conductor Lester Burness – Piano Anthony Ciaramella – Trumpet Charles J. Cliff – Saxophone Joseph J. D’Andrea – Violin Hugo D’Ippolito – Piano Lee Erwin – Organ Amelia M. Goodman – Piano Nathan Kroll – Violin

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August 29, 2000 -- September 5, 2000
TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2000 Meeting called to order at 11:30 a.m. Present: President Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, Executive Board members Crow, Gale, Giannini, Rosen and Shankin, Controller Bogert. Aug. 22 minutes unanimously approved as amended. Board member Weiss present at

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Bill Crow
Lester Lanin likes to use subject themes in assembling the medley sets he calls for his society jobs. For example, he might call “June Night,” followed by “April in Paris.” Or “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” might lead

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