Benefits
Why join Local 802?
Musicians can achieve more pay, benefits, job security and respect with a union than if they try to negotiate separately on their own.
- As a union member, you bargain with your employers as equals. Alone, you are one worker. With the union, you are an international organization.
- Union contracts are binding and enforceable.
- As a union member, you make employers compete for your contract. Non-union musicians compete against each other, letting their employers race to the bottom. Union negotiations pressure your boss to beat previous agreements and outmatch contracts at other union shops. That’s why union contracts are a race to the top.
The union movement empowers all of us to work together for more justice, equality, diversity, inclusiveness and fairness in all of society – it’s a great way to be a part of social change.
If you’re not a member of Local 802 yet, you can click here to join right now.