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Currently Browsing: May, 2002
Local 802 Collects $40,000 For Musicians Heard on Divas 2001
It Pays to Belong
Local 802 has collected more than $40,000 in wages, pension and late penalties on behalf of the 23 musicians who performed on a phonograph track that was used on last year’s VH-1 Divas 2001 show. Aretha Franklin sang to an
Brooklyn Philharmonic, Local 802 Finalize Three-Year Agreement
Freelance Negotiations Update
The current round of freelance concert negotiations moved one step closer to completion last month, as Local 802 and the Brooklyn Philharmonic resolved outstanding local issues and wrapped up their extended, and sometimes contentious, bargaining for a new agreement. Last
Health Care Advocates Launch Campaign for a National System
Health care advocates kicked off a new congressional campaign for national health care on April 5. They gathered at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church to hear Rep. John Conyers describe his Health Care Access Resolution, the vehicle for a campaign aimed
802 Leaflets Employer – and Jazz Artist Gets Paid
Justice for Jazz Artists
When Grammy Award-winning jazz artist Charlie Haden and a five-piece ensemble appeared at the Iridium jazz club for a week last October, there was often a line waiting to get in. The group performed songs from Haden’s latest album, “Nocturne,”
Stronger Rent Laws Now!
Rent 2002 Campaign
The May issue of Allegro includes a poster for the Rent 2002 campaign – whose goal is to persuade the State Legislature and the Governor to renew and strengthen rent control and rent stabilization laws in 2002, a year before
Grant to Brooklyn Philharmonic Made April Performances Possible
The Consortium for Worker Education, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1985 to provide schooling, training and employment services for workers in New York, recently received a major grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide job training and skills
Bylaw Resolutions
The following resolutions have been submitted for consideration at the membership meeting to be held Tuesday, June 18, at 3 p.m. in the Local 802 Club Room. Please note that proposed new language is in italics. Language to be deleted
Claims Filing Address Has Changed
Important Health Benefits Plan Update
The 802 Health Benefits Plan has just implemented a new procedure for processing claims, in an effort to reduce delays that a number of members have experienced. The HBP is asking members who qualify for Plan A or Plan B
Organize for Health Care
Before musicians get in the position of not having health insurance, they should consider taking a form of preventative care. “The first thing we’d ask members who aren’t covered by the union’s health plan to do is to call the
Health Care Access Resolution Campaign Needs Our Support
A Call to Justice Advocates
The Health Care Access Resolution (House Concurrent Resolution 99) was introduced in April 2001, “directing Congress to enact legislation by October 2004 that provides access to comprehensive health care for all Americans.” A campaign is now under way to make
President’s Report
The History of Broadway Theatre Minimums
Due to the hit-or-miss nature of Local 802 records and an absence of specific information in Allegro articles prior to 1983, the background and history of theatre minimums has been difficult to obtain with any accuracy. However, by piecing together
The Theatre Business: Looking Backward – and Ahead
Reprinted from "The Pits," the newsletter of the Broadway Theatre Committee
In less than a year Local 802 will begin negotiations for a new agreement covering musicians employed on Broadway. How has Broadway theatre fared over the last decade? What kind of economic environment are we now facing? What was the
Miller Institute Offers High-Quality Medical Care for Musicians
"Like A Country Doctor In The Middle Of A Big City"
When Howard Heller got hit by a line drive in Van Cortlandt Park and injured his left pinky two years ago, he knew he was in more trouble than most. Not only did he not have health insurance, but he
Local 802 Launches Hearing Conservation Program
Free Hearing Tests Set for April 29 and June 3
On March 27, Local 802 launched a hearing conservation program aimed at addressing members’ concerns that years of exposure to sound may eventually cause hearing loss that can affect their job performance, and contribute to difficulties in social situations as
Are You Sabotaging Your Opportunities for Success?
Musicians' Assistance Program
The music industry is a very difficult business to be in, but many excellent musicians add to the inherent difficulties by failing to follow through in various ways. Have you found yourself showing up late to gigs? Not networking in
The Musicians’ Voice
BROADWAY PIT JOBS AN ANOMOLY To the Editor: I have been a full-time working pianist in New York City hotels for over 20 years now and have never come close to cracking the Broadway pit scene. I have worked with
Legislative Update
BROADWAY RETURNS $1 MILLION IN AID DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE EXTENDED CITY COUNCIL URGES ADDITIONAL CUTS TO CITY AGENCIES COUNCIL URGES END TO PREDATORY LENDING NEW YORK STATE BUDGET LATE AGAIN BROADWAY RETURNS $1 MILLION IN AID New York City provided
Negotiations Roundup
OFF-BROADWAY Forbidden Broadway 2001, A Spoof Odyssey: A two-year agreement with FBNY Limited Partnership, John Freedson, Producer, covers the music director in this production, which is now being presented at the 199-seat Douglas Fairbanks Theatre. Earlier productions were staged in
Executive Board Minutes
February 26, 2002 -- March 5, 2002
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2002 Meeting called to order at 11:40 a.m. Present: President Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, Financial Vice-President Hafemeister, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Crow, Landolfi, Reynolds, Rohdin, Shankin and Weiss, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Dennison, Jazz Advisory
Bill Crow’s Band Room
Maura Gianini passed along a letter she got from Paul Grosney in Ontario: At an affair at the Beth Zedek Synagogue in Toronto, a guy came to the bandstand and made some odd musical requests. The leader asked him, “Which