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Celebrating the Joy of Pride Month in a Time of Crisis ASSOCIATED MUSICIANS OF GREATER NEW YORK www.Local802afm.org JuneAllegro 2020 l Volume 120, No. 6 WE WILL SURVIVE! Celebrating the joy of Pride Month in a time of crisis ON THE COVER: LOCAL 802 MEMBERS ERIC & JUSTIN MENDOZA; KRISTY NORTER; JESSE KISSEL n NEWS & VIEWS THE ARTS WILL PREVAIL office and their various task forces. and members of the Executive Board (These performances are paid under a Looking at the big picture for all have voluntarily reduced their salaries Local 802/AFM contract.). We’re very PRESIDENt’S musicians, I have also been lobbying as well. (See more in Recording Vice excited about this way to share our Ray Hair and the AFM International President Andy Schwartz’s column music with hospital heroes and their REPORT Executive Board to take a more on page 3.) A complete list of our patients. ADAM KRAUTHAMER active national role in the musicians’ current staff can be found at www. Another way we’re reaching out is response to the pandemic. One step Local802afm.org/leadership. our Songs for Support video campaign the AFM can take is the creation of On a related note, this could be the to support the Local 802 Musicians’ an AFM National Live Performance last paper copy of Allegro that you Emergency Relief Fund. Watch our Reopening Task Force, which could receive for a while. To save money, latest video at https://erf.local802afm. [email protected] study how best to protect our members we are temporarily changing to an org,where you can also apply for (212) 245-4802, ext. 100 with a set of national guidelines. all-digital format that we’ll post support or donate to the fund. The task force should establish a set online and send out via e-mail. If you All of these videos are great, but of uniform policies that the AFM have any questions, please send an many of you may be wondering, when ECENTLY I HAD the privilege to formulates in consultation with safety e-mail to Mikael Elsila at Allegro@ can we get together as a community participate on a Zoom panel specialists that could be distributed to Local802afm.org. to talk and get union updates? at Yale School of Music – my all AFM locals. I also want to mention the passing Obviously, our membership meetings Ralma mater – with students The officers, Executive Board and of Elaine Howard, our long-serving can’t take place in person, but there who will soon be graduating and our amazing office staff continue to receptionist, who was the voice of will be a first-ever 802 virtual town joining the workforce. The question I work hard to assist members and run Local 802 for almost 40 years. A hall meeting in June, and information received most from the students is the the business of Local 802 remotely. tribute to Elaine and to others who will be sent to the members once same one we all are thinking: “When Everyone is doing a great job in the have recently passed appear in our details are in place. I look forward to are musicians going to be able to face of this unprecedented crisis. The obituaries on page 32. updating membership on our overall return to work safely?” Unfortunately, Executive Board has continued to An important and tough question response to the Covid-19 crisis and our the answer right now is still the same: make tough decisions in order to assure right now for us as a union is what plans for the future. we’re not sure. One recent data point the long-term financial safety of our will happen to the 802 Health Fund in The last question we are all thinking comes from the Broadway League, union, including the gut-wrenching light of major reductions in employer is: how are we going to get through which recently announced that it will call to put a large percentage of our contributions due to the Covid-19 this? The way we will persevere issue refunds to ticketholders for all staff on emergency leave, including crisis? This is one of our top priorities is by sticking together with our performances through Sept. 6. There many incredible people who have and we’re working on this around the families, friends, fellow 802 members is also widespread expectation that served the union with all of their clock. We hope to have an update soon and musicians, allies in the labor live performances will not be taking heart and soul for many years. I that will come from the union-side movement and government, and all place even soon after that date. would like to name them here (in fund trustees. of our powerful communities and Your union is now working to be sure alphabetical order): Alex Blake, Cathy Members continue to make me groups. We will help others when we that when we do go back to work, all Calabrese, Jiayin Chu, Bettina Covo, proud in the ways that you are using can, and we will also all need help as of our members will be safe. Local 802 Bill Crow, Maureen Cupid-Pierre, your creativity, music and kindness to an arts community. The road ahead is active in many of the groups that are Maria DiPasquale, Amoh Essandoh, help make the world a better place. will not be easy, but we can do it – weighing in officially in the industry, Julie Ferrara, Shane Gasteyer, Darlene Now more than ever our music is and we will. Our union is strong. In the city and the state regarding Irizarry, Fran Kayne, Vicki Levy, Wen needed, and we have to make sure the face of this unprecedented crisis, safe return-to-work policies. We are Lin, Major Little, Marcus Medina, as a community we get that message I have seen our community of 802 currently in the process of launching Cassandra Palacio, James Park, Bob out. One way we’re doing this is a musicians come together to support a Local 802 Reopening Task Force, Pawlo, Avelon Ramnath, Chris Reza, partnership with the Mayor’s Office one another in many meaningful which will deal with the question Denise Rodriques, Paul Rusk, Debbie of Media and Entertainment and NYC ways. No one will be left behind. We of how best to protect our members Shew, Steve Singer, Ralph Smalls, Greg Health + Hospitals. From the middle are all in this together and we must when live performances return. We Venuto, Peter Voccola, Anna Wichert of May to the first week of July, select have hope that as we fight through will rely on the advice of experts in and David Will. (We’ve been able Local 802 members will be streaming this crisis as one, we will prevail. As the public health and epidemiology to hire back some of our Electronic solo Facebook Live performances scary as these times are for musicians, fields to come up with guidelines and Media Department on a daily basis to from their home, every day from 12 I know we are all hopeful at the core. best practices. In addition, Theresa process essential recording checks for noon to 1 p.m., seven days a week. It is from that place of hope that we Couture, Local 802’s principal our members.) Their performances will be beamed will overcome. business rep, is currently serving on Three of our remaining staff have to all of NYC’s 11 public hospitals On a personal note, I want to share the Covid-19 Reopening Committee of been asked to drop down to part via https://www.facebook.com/ with everyone that my wife Betsy and the Coalition of Broadway Unions and time and everyone has been asked NYCHealthSystem. Be sure to watch! I recently welcomed to the world our Guilds. Finally, we are in close contact to accept a pay cut to conserve our Special guests include Tony Bennett, first child – a happy and healthy baby with both the governor’s and mayor’s resources. In solidarity, all the officers Questlove, Rosanne Cash and more. girl named Poppy. 2 Allegro | June 2020 n NEWS & VIEWS WE ARE HERE for you ANDY The Local 802 Musicians’ SCHWARTZ Emergency Relief Fund SONGS FOR RELIEF campaign has released a number of videos. (Pictured at left: “In Andy Schwartz is the recording vice president the Time of…” by Jason of Local 802 and the supervisor of the union’s Robert Brown.) activities in electronic media services, club dates, hotels, nightclubs, jazz, Latin, music Learn more about the education and the Local 802 Musicians’ campaign, donate to Emergency Relief Fund. the ERF, or apply for [email protected] financial aid at https:// (212) 245-4802, ext. 110 erf.local802afm.org HE COVID-19 pANDEMIC has changed so much of the way we normally done by teams of people of escrow checks. receipt of membership dues through at Local 802 are managing your with specialized skill sets needed to be We thank those of you who expressed June 30, 2020. Financial hardship should Tunion. While Adam, Karen and prioritized and reassigned to a core staff, gratitude to the staff for this special not force members to choose between I continue to work remotely, seemingly while endeavoring to ensure we cover all effort. Those words of thanks encouraged life’s essentials and staying up to date 24/7, to communicate with members aspects of our obligations. us and confirmed that we were making a at this moment. Those of you who are and employers and handle ongoing Within my own areas of oversight difference for so many now out of work able to continue to send dues will be negotiations for expiring agreements, a a certain delay in administration is and likely with dwindling resources.
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