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A season of negotiations is in full swing
President's report
This article from the November 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Union workers bring Broadway to life
President's report
This article from the May 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Solidarity remains strong as we press forward
President's report
This article from the October 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
A direct attack on Broadway audiences — and live music
President's report
This article from the June 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Black History Month and our union
President's report
This article from the February 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Looking back, looking forward
President's report
This article from the January 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
A TIME OF SOLIDARITY
President's report
This article from the March 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
BIG GAINS IN CLUB DATE CONTRACT
President's report
This article from the April 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
NYC Ballet Orchestra wins new contract
President's report
This article from the December 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Standing up for musicians
President's report
This article from the September 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS
President's report
This article from the July-August 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Spreading the union’s message at music school
Recording Vice President's report
This article from the February 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Part-time faculty are striking — and winning — all over the country
Recording Vice President's report
This article from the January 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
The long road to a fair contract with DCINY
Recording Vice President's report
This article from the November 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
A legal sea change for union organizing
Recording Vice President's report
This article from the October 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
STANDING UP AND FIGHTING BACK
Recording Vice President's report
This article from the June 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Two recent victories at Local 802
Recording Vice President's report
This article from the April 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Significant developments at Local 802
Recording Vice President's report
This article from the March 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Landmark victory for New School jazz faculty
Recording Vice President's report
This article from the May 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Live music is coming back to NYC hotels…with Local 802’s help!
Recording Vice President's report
This article from the December 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Jazz Foundation returns to Local 802 (under a new union contract!)
Recording Vice President's report
This article from the September 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
SIGNFICANT ADVANCES AT LOCAL 802
Recording Vice President's report
This article from the July-August 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
The Jazz Poetry Tradition: Where Word Becomes the Music (Part 1)
This article from the April 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Two important legal decisions
Legal corner
This article from the July-August 2023 issue of Local 802's Allegro magazine...
Solidarity in Las Vegas
Views from the Board
This article from the July-August 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Let’s treat the theatre as a sacred space
Financial Vice President's report
This article from the February 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Standing strong
Financial Vice President's report
This article from the January 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
New classical scale is here
Financial Vice President's report
This article from the December 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Local 802 is in strong shape
Financial Vice President's report
This article from the November 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
A call to action
Financial Vice President's report
This article from the October 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Local 802 makes gain of almost $500K
Financial Vice President's report
This article from the June 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Union contracts protect musicians (here’s proof!)
Financial Vice President's report
This article from the May 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Membership numbers are up — and our finances are looking good
Financial Vice President's report
This article from the March 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Change is in the air
Financial Vice President's report
This article from the September 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Our legislative priorities
Chief of Staff report
This article from the February 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
A strong Local 802 relies on member engagement
Views from the Board
This article from the July-August 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
Local 802 joins other top unions in supporting new casino project after winning labor peace
This article from the January 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Musicians ratify new Encores! contract
This article from the January 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Going green
An evolving discussion at Local 802
This article from the January 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
A rookie’s view of the AFM convention
Views from the Board
This article from the July-August 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Musicians of the NYC Ballet Orchestra deserve a fair contract now!
This article from the September 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
FORGOTTEN NO MORE
Joe Wilder and the Local 802 connection with the Montford Point Marines
This article from the July-August 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Artists demand fair share for streaming
This article from the July-August 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
MUSICIANS OF THE DCINY ORCHESTRA WIN FIRST UNION CONTRACT
Wages and benefits to increase
This article from the November 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
The Year in Organizing (or at least the past 6 months)
Notes from the field
This article from the January 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Local 802 Heritage: Trekking Through a Century of Files (part 3)
This article from the January 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
The Entertainment Community Fund’s Housing Services
This article from the July-August 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Building strong political relationships is crucial for our work
Chief of Staff's report
This article from the December 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
A tribute to Alvin Spencer Walker II
This article from the February 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
“The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn”
MEMBER TO MEMBER
This article from the June 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Introducing Local 802’s DECIBAL Collective
This article from the September 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Bylaw proposal for June 2023 membership meeting
This article from the May 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
The Entertainment Community Fund’s Health Services
This article from the June 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
What to do if you’re asked to play for free
This article from the June 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Segregated locals in the AFM: an overview
A series on the racial history of the AFM
This article from the September 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Jack Rosenberg and the founding of Local 802
This article from the March 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Ballet musicians take their struggle to the street
Join us on Oct. 5 for the next rally
This article from the October 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Pride Month, Music, and the LGBTQ Community
This article from the June 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Broadway Musicians Equity Partnership announces launch of pilot program
This article from the October 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we fight for equality of opportunity
MEMBER TO MEMBER
This article from the March 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
IMPORTANT HEALTH FUND UPDATE: MORE INFO ON THE CHANGEOVER TO EMPIRE
This article from the April 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
A kickoff event for diversity at Local 802
This article from the October 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
NEW MEMBER INTERVIEW: Erica von Kleist
This article from the April 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
The power of a T-shirt
Musicians of the NYC Ballet Orchestra fight back with creativity
This article from the November 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Hector LeGuillow: breathing new life into salsa
Member profile
This article from the October 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
“A Hammond in the House!”
Organizing Director's column
This article from the September 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Summary Annual Report for Local 802 Health Fund
This article from the May 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
A voice for our pension and health plans
This article from the October 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
SINGLE ENGAGEMENT CONTRACT RATIFIED!
Members vote a resounding, unanimous YES
This article from the May 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Hazel Scott: from child prodigy to renowned performer
Women's History Month
This article from the March 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
“How should we raise the children (musically)?”
This article from the March 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Entertainment Community Fund’s Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative
This article from the October 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Creativity in the Ongoing Struggle for Change
Celebrating Labor History Month
This article from the May 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Forced integration in Philadelphia
A series on the racial history of the AFM
This article from the October 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Summer of Solidarity (photo feature)
This article from the September 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
DCINY Orchestra ramps up campaign for a fair contract
This article from the May 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Financial Wellness Program
From the Entertainment Community Fund
This article from the April 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Get paid with a union contract for home recording
Recording & Electronic Media Update
This article from the April 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Club date scale rises almost 14 percent
This article from the April 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
FAIR SHARE FOR MUSICIANS COMES TO LOCAL 802
This article from the October 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Recent legal developments
Legal corner
This article from the March 2023 issue of Local 802's Allegro magazine...
Gendertainers: From Safety to Celebration
From the Entertainment Community Fund
This article from the March 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
DCINY musicians continue to fight for fair contract
This article from the April 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Broadway musicians face an epidemic of health and safety risks
This article from the December 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
“The attack on artists’ rights — and me”
from "Unstrung: Rants and Stories of a Noise Guitarist," by Marc Ribot, published by Talkhouse (2014), reprinted by Akashic Books (akashicbooks.com), 2021
This article from the February 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Women’s Lives, Women’s Stories
Women's History Month 2023
This article from the March 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Greetings from the leadership committee
This article from the December 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
“The Girls in the Band”
The AFM and Local 802 partner with the DECIBAL Collective and the Workers United Film Festival for an unforgettable screening
This article from the December 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
The long road to a united local in Chicago
A series on the racial history of the AFM
This article from the December 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
African-American musicians and the formation of Local 802
This article from the February 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Musicians Career Management Group is open
This article from the February 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
How the Los Angeles musicians’ unions came together
A series on the racial history of the AFM
This article from the November 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Trial Board proceedings of September 2023
This article from the November 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
The Entertainment Community Fund’s HIV Initiative
This article from the December 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Local 802 Heritage: Trekking Through a Century of Files (part 4)
African American History Month Edition: Free Jazz!
This article from the February 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
The Entertainment Community Fund’s Career Center
This article from the November 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Looking for health insurance?
Don't miss open enrollment!
This article from the January 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Black and White Together
Local 802's archives show that we were an early and significant force in the struggle to achieve racial equality
This article from the February 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Welcome to our new (and returning) members!
April 2023
Check out their bios and listen to their music!
Welcome to our new (and returning) members!
July-August 2023
Check out their bios and listen to their music!
Welcome to our new (and returning) members!
March 2023
Check out their bios and listen to their music!
Welcome to our new (and returning) members!
December 2023
Check out their bios and listen to their music!
Welcome to our new (and returning) members!
September 2023
Check out their bios and listen to their music!
Welcome to our new (and returning) members!
February 2023
Check out their bios and listen to their music!
Welcome to our new (and returning) members!
June 2023
Check out their bios and listen to their music!
Welcome to our new (and returning) members!
January 2023
Check out their bios and listen to their music!
Welcome to our new (and returning) members!
November 2023
Check out their bios and listen to their music!
Welcome to our new (and returning) members!
May 2023
Check out their bios and listen to their music!
Welcome to our new (and returning) members!
October 2023
Check out their bios and listen to their music!
Deceased members
July-August 2023
This article from the July-August 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Executive Board Minutes
April 25, 2023 to May 16, 2023
This article from the June 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Executive Board Minutes
November 22, 2022 to December 6, 2022
This article from the January 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Executive Board Minutes
March 21, 2023 to April 21, 2023
This article from the May 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Executive Board Minutes
February 21, 2023 to March 14, 2023
This article from the April 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Executive Board Minutes
August 22, 2023 to September 12, 2023
This article from the October 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Coordinating Advisory Committee Minutes
September 20, 2022 and February 28, 2023
This article from the April 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Executive Board Minutes
January 23, 2023 to February 14, 2023
This article from the March 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Executive Board Minutes
May 25, 2023 to June 23, 2023
This article from the July-August 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Executive Board Minutes
December 20, 2022 to January 17, 2023
This article from the February 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Executive Board Minutes
October 24, 2023 to November 14, 2023
This article from the December 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Executive Board Minutes
June 27, 2023 to August 15, 2023
This article from the September 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...
Executive Board Minutes
September 19, 2023 to October 17, 2023
This article from the November 2023 issue of Allegro magazine...