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Major demonstration planned at 'Priscilla' this Thursday
You won't want to miss this...we'll be out there in full force with live music! | |
Join us this Thursday, May 26 at 7:15 p.m. in front of the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway, between 46th and 47th) to let producers of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" know that live music shouldn't be cut! This will be our biggest action yet and we'll be there with live musicians. If you can make it, we need you there!*
For more background information on our campaign for live music and our struggle with "Priscilla," click here to go to our campaign web site at www.SaveLiveMusicOnBroadway.com. Read the updates and share the news with your family and friends.
*If you can't make it on Thursday, we'll be leafleting every show of "Priscilla," 45 minutes before curtain. Please note that we will not be there over Memorial Day weekend (Friday to Monday). For more information or to volunteer, e-mail theatre rep Marisa Friedman at Mfriedman@Local802afm.org
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Beware of "fake tours"
Low-paid foreign orchestras are masquerading as high-class ensembles | |
The New York Times recently reported that a certain touring and production company is sending out foreign orchestras on tour with allegedly unfair wages and touring conditions. Audiences think they're getting name-brand ensembles, but really they're getting a cheap knockoff. Plus, musicians are getting paid less than our standards, bringing down all of our wages. Remember, if you get called to do a foreign tour, it might not be all that it's cracked up to be. Read an article we published in Allegro about nightmare tours. If you get called for a foreign tour, call the union first!
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Pension planning
Do you know how much money you'll get when you retire? | |
If you play union gigs, you can build up payments into your pension account at the AFM Pension Fund. But how much is this actually worth when you retire? The AFM pension fund recently announced a new online service for its participants: a Pension Benefit Estimator on its web site at www.afm-epf.org.
This is one of the most useful tools ever to come out of the pension fund. You can actually get an estimate of what your monthly pension will be when you retire, based on the money that is in your own account! It takes a little leg work to use the Estimator, but it's worth it.
To start, go to www.afm-epf.org and go to the lower-left corner of the site. Follow the instructions to register. Once you register, click on Pension Estimator from the left-hand blue bar menus. In order to use the Estimator, you have to manually type in figures from your own, personal pension statements, which you get once a year from the fund. If you don't keep these on file, you can print your statements out by selecting Covered Earnings Reports - Interim and Annual from the left-hand menus.
Using the Estimator will take an investment in time. But once you've figured it out, you will get an estimate of how much money you're due when you retire!
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Do you have an old instrument lying around? Would you like to help music students in need? See below for a special project: HORNS TO HAVANA. Click the ad below for details... | |
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To reach Local 802 by phone, call (212) 245-4802. For more information on our services and departments, see www.Local802afm.org
Paid ads in 802 NOTES support your union and keep your costs down. You can advertise here and reach thousands of your peers. E-mail Allegro@Local802afm.org for more information. |
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Local 802 AFM
322 West 48th St
New York, NY 10036
(212) 245-4802 |
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Need to get rid of old clothes?
PROBLEM: You have a bunch of old clothes that you've been waiting to get rid of, but you don't want to throw them out because it seems wasteful.
SOLUTION: Bring your old clothes, shoes, hats, curtains, linens, towels, handbags and belts to Duffy Square* TODAY,
RIGHT NOW (Wednesday, May 25) between 11 and 1, where the Broadway Green Alliance will collect the items and donate or recycle them.
For more information, see www.BroadwayGreen.com
(*Duffy Square is in Times Square, near the TKTS booth. It's Broadway between 46th and 47th.) | |
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Is there money waiting for you?
As a musician, you may have money due to you that you don't know about. We keep a handy list on our web site that lets you track down the cash that you may be owed. To start investigating, click here | |
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Need a phone number or e-mail...fast?
The entire Local 802 directory is available online. You can search for fellow musicians and find the contact info you're looking for! Just log in as a member at the Local 802 web site: www.Local802afm.org | |
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