Allegro

Currently Browsing: September, 2002

Orchestra Makes Gains in Wages, Pension and Job Security
On Aug. 2, after a four-day strike by Local 802 musicians, the union and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts/Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra reached accord on a four-year successor agreement. Orchestra members ratified the agreement by a 30-2 vote on

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Local 802 Prevails at Labor Board
As Allegro went to press, Local 802 received a decision and direction of election from the National Labor Relations Board regarding faculty at the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center who teach in the Lucy Moses School and the Special Music School

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Talks between Local 802 and the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers, Inc., have broken off without an agreement or any prospect of an industry-wide contract covering this area of work. The union will continue to negotiate show-by-show contracts in

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Mary Donovan
On July 9 Local 802 concluded negotiations with the Roundabout Theatre Company for a three-year contract covering all musicians employed at the American Airlines Theatre and future employment at Studio 54 following the run of Cabaret, which is under a

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The New York City Central Labor Council is calling on all unions to participate in the 2002 Labor Day celebration, which this year will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 3. A Local 802 band will kick off the event at

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AFL-CIO President John Sweeney came to Wall Street on July 30 to demand sweeping new protections for stock market investors and full severance pay for laid-off former Enron, WorldCom and Arthur Andersen workers. “American consumers can shop with more assurance

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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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Plans for Rebuilding Lower Manhattan Lack Focus on the Arts
Bill Moriarity
A great deal of public discussion about how to rebuild the World Trade Center site has taken place in recent weeks. The immediate impetus for it was the unveiling of plans submitted by six designers to the Lower Manhattan Development

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Recording Vice-President's Report
Erwin L. Price
In making an assessment of Local 802’s activity for this report I was struck by the wide range of programs chronicled in Allegro. As a labor union, of course, our central focus is the work of the professional musician, who

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Viewpoints
Lenny Leibowitz
Following is the text of a letter Local 802 counsel Lenny Leibowitz sent to the New York Times, in an effort to clarify the issues in the Mostly Mozart negotiations. The Times chose not to run the letter. In the

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HCR-99's Guidelines for Health Care Access
John Glasel
The July-August issue of Allegro had some bad news for members covered by Local 802’s Health Benefits Plan: prescription drug benefits and premium reimbursements will be reduced as of Oct. 1. What’s more, the front-page article hinted at a darker

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Instant Runoff Voting Liberates Us To Be Both Principled and Pragmatic
Jim Hightower
In the late 1950s, as the somnolent Eisenhower years were drawing to a close, a new presidential campaign sprang forth and millions of Americans gleefully rallied under its exultant slogan, I GO POGO! Pogo the possum was the lead character

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On May 24 a committee from Chorus 802, Local 802’s chorus-in-residence, presented Vice-President Erwin Price with a contribution to the Musicians’ Emergency Relief Fund, as a token of appreciation to the union. The chorus is led by 802 member Ralph

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Responding to a dire shortage of blood donations, the New York City Central Labor Council will sponsor a union blood drive next month. More details about the drive, which will take place from Oct. 7-11 at a number of locations,

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Local 802 is trying to put together a database of parking facilities in midtown Manhattan that charge reasonable rates…and who would know better than our members? If you like to share your secret spot with other members and if we

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RECLAIMING OUR AIRWAVES FROM ADVERTISERS To the Editor: I read with interest President Moriarity’s editorial on radio “integration” (click here for last month’s President’s Report). As a musician, I have a few thoughts. When the profit motive is the driving

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Heather Beaudoin
$5.5 BILLION MORE ALLOCATED TO HELP REBUILD MANHATTAN IMPORTANT CAMPAIGNS WILL CONTINUE NEXT YEAR ARTS NONPROFITS GENERATE $36.8 BILLION FOR ECONOMY INCOME GAP IS WIDEST IN NEW YORK TENANT RIGHTS LEGISLATION $5.5 BILLION MORE ALLOCATED TO HELP REBUILD MANHATTAN Congressional

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HARLEM SONG A seven-month letter of agreement was reached with Apollo Review, L.L.C., Steven Chaikelson, General Manager, for this 90-minute review at the 1,244-seat Apollo Theatre, which employs nine musicians. The minimum scale wages for performances and rehearsals are 80

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Sandra Appleman – Cello William H. Bodkin – Piano Richard J. Brady – Trombone Alfred C. Cobbs – Trombone/Arranger Tony Corsello – Bass Matt Dennis – Piano/Vocalist/Composer Cal Gilford – Violin Harold Goldberg – Drums Norman Greenberg – Conductor/Arranger Richard

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May 28, 2002 -- July 2, 2002
TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2002 Meeting called to order at 11:30 a.m. Present: President Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, Executive Board members Crow, Gale, Giannini, Landolfi, Reynolds, Shankin and Weiss, Assistant to the President Dennison, Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens. Financial Vice-President

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Bill Crow
Sam Levine passed along a story from a friend of his, Jack Moser, about a gig he had played with a Washington leader named Dave Littlefield for the opening of the Rockville, Md., metro station. Littlefield had sold them two

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