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Currently Browsing: September, 2001

It Pays to Belong!
Local 802 collected thousands of dollars this summer for members who work in the Off-Broadway and hotel fields, in grievance settlements that reaffirmed the value of working under a collective bargaining agreement. One settlement involved the two musicians who were

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The 2001 Elections
The Executive Board of Local 802 voted unanimously on Nov. 7 to endorse Public Advocate Mark Green for Mayor of New York City. Green has been a staunch advocate for the rights of labor, increased financing for the entertainment industry,

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Local 802’s Executive Board has approved “special situations” status for the musical Mamma Mia, to be presented at the Winter Garden Theatre. The decision to allow the musical, which is based on the music of the 1970s rock group ABBA,

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The creation of an environment in which members can work comfortably, unhampered by any form of discrimination, requires, among other things, the prohibition of sexual harassment. The history of Local 802’s procedure for processing member vs. member complaints of discrimination,

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HBP Premium Reimbursement
Sept. 30 is the deadline for musicians who failed to qualify for Health Benefits Plan B during the prior six months to file for reimbursement of up to 90 percent of the contributions made on their behalf. The funds are

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The Biltmore 47 Project
Heather Beaudoin
A new initiative to provide affordable housing in the Theatre District is being promoted by a coalition of entertainment industry unions and community organizations. Their focus is the Biltmore 47 Project, a residential tower to be known as the Manhattan

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PRESERVING RENT REGULATION IS CRUCIAL FOR 802 MEMBERS TENANT ISSUES AND THE 2001 ELECTIONS UNIONS DEMAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVING RENT REGULATION IS CRUCIAL FOR 802 MEMBERS The loss of rent regulation would be a devastating blow to members of Local

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Seeking Solutions to the Pamphlet B Dilemma
Bill Moriarity
The AFM Pamphlet B Touring Theatrical Agreement expires on August 31. Its original term was April 11, 1999, through March 31, 2001, but it was extended for a five-month period by mutual agreement of the parties, the AFM and the

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Recording Vice-President's Report
Erwin L. Price
Local 802’s operations encompass a wide range of activities that have increased in scope over the years. The union has made determined efforts to stay abreast of technological developments in the music and entertainment fields and to communicate these to

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People-Powered Politics: TEMPO 802
Here is a list of your rights as a voter, compiled by the Citywide Coalition for Voter Participation, of which Local 802 is a member. Each of these rights is outlined in the manual that Board of Elections workers have

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Member To Member
Rich Prior
I’m not sure the first time I noticed it, but an incident from an early gig sticks in my mind. During a matinee of On Your Toes, something strange suddenly happened with my left hand and the flute solo in

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Don't Miss the Boat!
Local 802’s membership directory is one of the union’s best-used resources. It is a comprehensive listing, alphabetically and by instrument, which has been expanded in recent years so that members can include their email addresses, fax, cellular and pager numbers,

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Local 802 members are invited to take part in a seminar in Performance Wellness, to be presented in New York City Sept. 14-16. The program is designed to offer musicians, music educators, music therapists and health professionals who work with

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Musicians At Work
This summer the New York Grand Opera Company completed an unprecedented project – presenting all 28 of Verdi’s operas, in the order in which they were written. The eight-year cycle was timed to end this year, the centenary of the

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Dennis Rivera, President of Health & Human Services Employees Union, 1199/SEIU, spent 30 days in federal prison this summer. His crime? Trespassing on Vieques, the Puerto Rican island the U.S. Navy has used for bombing practice for more than half

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an autobiography by John LaPorta, Cadence Jazz Books, 2001, paperback, 271 pp., $18 plus postage
Bill Crow
John LaPorta’s career as a performer and composer/arranger has been intertwined with a remarkable sequence of musicians including Leopold Stokowski, Woody Herman, Kenny Clarke, Neal Hefti, Herb Pomeroy, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Lennie Tristano, Warne Marsh, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie,

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DONATE BLOOD – AND SAVE A LIFE SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT ED LAFUENTE A CREATIVE ARTS FESTIVAL FOR VETERANS DONATE BLOOD – AND SAVE A LIFE To the Editor: I am writing to urge all members of Local 802 who are

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Heather Beaudoin
SUFFOLK COUNTY ADOPTS LIVING WAGE COBRA BILL IS BUILDING SUPPORT OPPOSITION IS SLOWING FAST TRACK ROCKLAND, NASSAU SET RENT INCREASES SENIOR TO LOSE VOTING MACHINES   SUFFOLK COUNTY ADOPTS LIVING WAGE The Suffolk County Legislature made history this summer when

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THE PIERRE AND FOUR SEASONS HOTELS Nearly two years after the Pierre and Four Seasons hotels withdrew from the Hotel Committee for Hotel Users of Music and Local 802 was forced to negotiate with them separately, agreement was reached for

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Michael Barton – Viola Arthur Bowie – Organ George Brackman – Conductor/Arranger William N. Branigan – Electric Guitar Joseph A. Gola – Saxophone Tara M. Gregory – Piano Lawrence Harr – Clarinet Reynold (Renny) Knops – Trumpet Jay Stemmerman –

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May 15, 2001 -- July 3, 2001
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2001 Meeting called to order at 10:15 a.m. Present: President Moriarity, Financial Vice-President Hafemeister, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Crow, Gale, Reynolds, Shankin and Weiss, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Dennison, Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens, Assistant

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Bill Crow
Herb Gardner tells me that, during the long wait to begin the show at a function at the Waldorf, the guys in the reed section got bored and began fitting pieces of their clarinets together to form a nine-foot-long composite

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