Local 802 has over 70 union contracts that cover work with individual ensembles and employers, as well as with entire portions of the music industry. These contracts provide musicians with the fair wages, health and pension contributions, and workplace and employee protections necessary to ensure that musicians can afford to live and raise a family by doing what they do best — make music.
Please contact the Concert Department with any questions.
Musicians who work and perform with many of New York City’s most prominent orchestras and ensembles are guaranteed a union contract that pays fair wages, health and pension contributions under the Single Engagement Club Date Agreement.
Ensembles that historically utilized this agreement include:
Please contact membership@local802afm.org with any questions, or call (212) 245-4802.
The LS-1 contract page has moved to https://www.local802afm.org/contracts/ls-1/
Local 802 has an agreement with multiple theaters on Long Island. These theaters include:
Please contact Local 802 business representative Pete Voccola with any questions.
Musicians who regularly perform at hotels use a Hotel Steady Agreement. Hotels historically under an agreement include:
Please contact Todd Weeks for assistance.
Musicians who perform in regular religious or spiritual services use these contracts. Institutions with an agreement include:
Please contact membership@local802afm.org for assistance.
Please contact the Music Preparation Department with any questions.
Musicians who work in studios, or are doing recording, commercial, film, radio or television work often utilize these contracts.
The B-4 report form covers all work done for commercial album releases which are eligible for Special Payments (i.e. those that press more copies than recordings covered under the Local 802 Limited Pressing Agreement.) In addition, it covers motion picture soundtrack releases and video promos.
The B-5 report form covers all studio work for recordings designed to demonstrate a musical selection or performance and is not intended to be made publicly available or broadcast. The use of this form requires a special agreement between the Producer and Local 802.
The B-6 report form covers all work done for music used in commercial announcements, whether they be intended for television, radio, Internet, or non-broadcast use (movie theaters, sports arena, and kiosks).
The B-7 report form covers a wide variety of recording media, including theatrical motion picture, television films, industrial films, incidental music recorded for use in theatrical performances, and any other miscellaneous type of recording that may not be appropriate for one of the other forms.
The B-8 report form covers recordings, both live and taped, for use on television, including network television, basic cable, PBS, and pay-television such as HBO. It does not cover television programs which utilize underscoring, such as prime-time dramas, which would be considered television film (and thus filed on a B-7.)
The B-9 report form covers commercial album releases which do not intend to press enough copies to qualify for Special Payments (10,000 units.) The use of this form requires a special agreement between the Producer and Local 802. If a limited pressing were to surpass the threshold for Special Payments, an upgrade to Sound Recording scale and the filing of a B-4 report form would be required.
The B-10 report form covers all recordings and performances intended for distribution on radio, whether commercial, nationally syndicated, public, or local.
These scales cover wages, benefits, and terms for scoring for theatrical motion picture and television film, including low budget rates for both. In addition, there are scales for sidelining (musicians hired to mime the performance of instruments on camera) under both contracts.
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Industrial films cover scoring for non-broadcast, non-television films, such as videos made for trade shows not intended to be broadcast outside of one specific usage.
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These scales cover wages and benefits for live television performances, award shows, and specials, as well as taped performances that air as-live, such as late night talk shows. These terms cover both the house bands on these types of programming as well as any guest bands that may be contracted to perform on a specific episode.
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Similar to the live television agreement, the basic cable agreement covers live and pre-recorded television programming that airs on basic cable television.
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These scales cover wages and benefits for commercially sold album tracks. In addition, there are low budget rates and special session rates available for certain circumstances.
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These terms cover the wages and benefits for original sessions for the recording of music to be used in commercial announcements, as well as the various residual fees that are paid for continued usage of those commercial spots.
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These terms cover wages and benefits for live and studio performances recorded for broadcast on NPR.
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These wages and benefits cover recordings produced for Public Television, which consists of two payment structures based upon how the program is intended to be aired by PBS.
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These terms cover scoring sessions for video games and interactive media.
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For questions regarding studio and recording work, please contact Marisa Friedman.