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David Krehbiel: “A Charmed Life” by Beth Zare Musical News pg 4 March - April 2016 | Vol. 88, No. 2 The State of the Union by David Schoenbrun, President I owe the title to the fact that I’ve been Local 6’s new jurisdiction: The shape reasonable AFM policies that watching way too many presidential absorption of Locals 153 to the south would have saved much of this work debates lately. But it does serve as a and 292 to the north have been for our members, only to have their good vehicle for reporting the general something of a boon to our Freeway suggestions and warnings fall on deaf condition of our Local. So, here’s Philharmonic members who now only (some would say self-serving) ears. what I know, in a nutshell: have to belong to one Local, so long as they don’t regularly venture into The CBA groups: Local 6 currently In This Issue. Finances: I am pleased to report the Central Valley. We now also have negotiates and maintains around that financially speaking, our Union the ability to better control the misuse 45 collective bargaining agreements is strong. A combination of cost and manipulation of the lower casual representing musicians working in The State of the Union consolidation and an adequate dues wage scales of these former adjacent orchestras, theatres, chamber groups, H.E.A.R. Workshop structure have allowed us to support Locals when celebrity shows and the bands and music festivals. The New & Reinstated Members all of our operations and still maintain like rehearse and perform in what groups range in size from as few Address Changes a responsible reserve. We continue to used to be multiple jurisdictions. On as 5 to as many as 105, with annual Local 6 at the Grammy’s self-insure our death benefit fund and the downside, we have about 15 more budgets of less than $100 thousand to grow a strike fund that fortunately collective bargaining agreements over $80 million, per service rates of Interview with David Krehbiel hasn’t been much used. And all of to negotiate and their constituent $90 to $400, and pension contributions Members To Be Dropped this despite the fact that we’ve been a groups to supervise on a day-to-day from 0-14%. The terms of these Members Dropped bit handicapped in our ability to grow basis. This has proven to be much CBAs range from 1-5 years, which is Tempo / Coda Contributions our cash reserves due to restrictive more time-consuming for our officers a particularly critical statistic given Advertisements investment constraints and miniscule than had been anticipated prior the time and effort that goes into each Auditions interest rate returns. Our next to the mergers, but I think we’ve of the renegotiations. Fortunately, a financial challenge will involve a close successfully risen to the challenge stabilizing economy has meant that examination of our own compensation with new CBAs in place that contain funding has become slightly more policies. More to come on that in the improved, industry-conforming predictable, resulting in managements months ahead… language and appropriate increases again becoming comfortable entering in compensation and benefits for our into longer-term agreements. For a Our building: We managed members. few years, one-year agreements for to survive some 18 months of groups living on the edge seemed to construction next door. We were Recording: This continues to be be the norm rather than the exception, rattled and pounded; we had our a disappointing area of potential which made for very busy weeks here. Life Members parking and access disrupted, our employment in our Local. Prior to cars sprinkled with paint and cement, 2010, videogame recording in our Our “big three” ICSOM groups (SF David Altschuler and our basement flooded. And yet Local seemed to be on the verge Symphony, Opera and Ballet) are each Sharon Grebanier I believe we will emerge better as a of taking off and guaranteeing a mid-term in their agreements, having result. Some of the more unsavory stable source of regular work for our negotiated very acceptable contracts Charles Keagle characters who used to grace our members. Then, very precipitously, that keep pace on average with their Robin May sidewalk and rear alley seem to our expectations were dashed by peer groups in compensation and have relocated. Some significant politically inspired changes in AFM benefits, while maintaining solid if Mary Ann Meltzer improvements in our building have contractual requirements. Six years not progressive industry standards Henry Mollicone essentially been underwritten by later, this work continues to be lost in their non-economic provisions. our negotiations with the developer, largely to the AFM, and an industry Parking for musicians and audiences Barbara Riccardi and, while we haven’t had the which resides in our own backyard in the SF Civic Center district is a building appraised, I expect that the now chooses to do most of its perpetual problem of increasing In Memoriam neighborhood’s gentrification has recording work either offshore or in severity that seems to have no greatly benefitted its value. And our own major recording cities as dark solution in sight. Our city fathers Lynne Allan we’ve managed to find a solution to dates -- with impunity. Particularly haven’t yet understood that riding our new student/neighbors’ penchant disheartening is how hard our Local 6 Charles Athas for frolicking on our roof. 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Official Bulletin of Local 6 Officers Musicians Union Local 6 David Schoenbrun, President American Federation of Musicians Kale Cumings, Vice-President Beth Zare, Secretary-Treasurer Beth Zare, Editor Alex Walsh, Managing Editor Board Of Directors Gretchen Elliott, Trustee The Musical News is published bi-monthly by Hall Goff, Trustee Musicians Union Local 6, AFM. Any notice Steve Hanson, Trustee appearing herein shall be considered to be Josephine Gray, Director an official notice to the membership. The Forrest Byram, Director appearance herein of an article or an advertisement does not imply an endorsement by the editors. President Emeritus Melinda Wagner Contact Us Staff Tony Orbasido - Recording, Reception (x301) Musicians Union Local 6 Lori Ponton Rodriguez - Treasury (x304) 116 - 9th Street Joe Rodriguez - Casuals (x306) San Francisco, CA 94103 Cheryl Fippen - MPTF, Death Benefits (x307) phone (415) 575-0777 Alex Walsh - Member Services (x308) fax (415) 863-6173 [email protected] Area-Wide Casual Wage Scale www.afm6.org Why Should You Become a Member of the AFM TEMPO Club? Committee Lisa Sanchez, Chair Ray Buyco Office Hours With a $1 dollar per week donation, the AFM can make a meaningful Gigi Dang Monday - Friday and significant contributions to our allies in Congress. 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Michael Hatfield Jeanette Isenberg These donations will help to reelect our allies and keep musicians’ Rob Gibson issues on the agenda. Additionally, these funds will work to maintain Jim Zimmerman Schedule a number of issues such as performance rights, the NEA, the pension system, and copyright enforcement. Holiday Schedule Finance Committee AFM TEMPO CLUB PERSONAL BENEFITS Melinda Wagner, Chair Office Will Be Closed: Steven D’Amico New Year’s Day • Initial membership gift Peter Wahrhaftig Martin Luther King Jr. Day • Special invitation to the annual AFM Legislative Political Presidents’ Day Conference in Washington, DC Memorial Day Law & Legislative Committee • 10% discount on new TEMPO gear Independence Day William Klingelhoffer, Chair • Complimentary entry into upcoming National TEMPO Labor Day Melanie Bryson Giveaway Columbus Day India Cooke Veterans Day Mary Hargrove Make an online contribution to TEMPO on the AFM website, or send a Thanksgiving Day (and day after) Rick Leder check to: Christmas (and day after) Gordon Messick Bob Williams The AFM TEMPO Fund Meetings Schedule 1501 Broadway, Suite 600 Recording Committee General Membership New York, NY 10036 Jon Lancelle April 25, 2016 1:00 pm David Ridge AFM TEMPO may accept contributions only from members of the Nanci Severance Board Of Directors American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Peter Wahrhaftig Bi-weekly board meetings are open executive and professional staff of AFM and its affiliates, and their to the membership.