Lining Up Support on Performance Rights - The Radio Fairness Act
Local 802 President Mary Landolfi and AFM political director Hal Ponder met with Congressman Ed Towns of Brooklyn on Friday, March 14th in Washington. The goal was to secure the Congressman's support for the Radio Fairness Act. The bill would require performance royalty payments for radio play for the first time. As a result of the meeting the Congressman has agreed to become a co-sponsor of The Radio Fairness Act. President Landolfi will meet with two more Congressmen in the coming weeks, Representatives Nadler and Wiener. All three representatives hold committee posts key to moving the legislation forward. You can join the push for radio performance rights by clicking on the Music First Image below and filling out the form.
It's Time To Pay The Band
The AFM successfully got the AFL-CIO to adopt performance rights for terrestrial radio as part of Labor's 2008 political program. Now it's not just entertainment unions listening to us it's people with real political clout coming up on a favorable congress. Click here for the The AFL- CIO Executive Council's statement: and to see the AFL-CIO blog story sent to thousands of Union activists and officers across the nation. |
Local 802 Recording Department
Collects Record Setting Amount
The figures are in - the 802 Recording Department recovered over $2.5 million in wages and benefits for musicians in 2007, including money for grievances, late penalties and settlements. That's the most money ever recovered by that department or any department in the union. And that money went back into members' pockets.
"We owe the good people at the Recording Department a huge debt of gratitude," recording musician and Local 802 member Ralph Farris told Allegro. "They work tirelessly on our behalf, and they continue to produce the most extraordinary results." Recording musicians earned a total of about $25 million in wages in 2007. See the upcoming April issue of Allegro for the whole story. |
