ASSOCIATED MUSICIANS OF GREATER NEW YORK www.Local802afm.org AprilAllegro 2020 l Volume 120, No. 4 WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER MUSICIAN RESOURCES FOR A CRITICAL TIME n YOUR UNION STAFF LOCAL 802 OFFICERS FIELD REPRESENTATIVES Adam Krauthamer, President Theresa Couture Karen Fisher, Financial Vice President Marisa Friedman Andy Schwartz, Recording Vice President Shane Gasteyer EXECUTIVE BOARD Bob Pawlo www.Local802afm.org Janet Axelrod, Lynne Cohen, Todd Weeks Monica Davis, Pete Donovan, Elise Frawley, Kyle Hoyt, Morris LOCAL 802 MUSICIANS HEALTH FUND Kainuma, Caryl Paisner, Bobby Shankin AdministratOR Gloria McCormick TRIAL BOARD Cenovia Cummins, Sylvia D’Avanzo, ALLEGRO Javier Gándara, Bill Hayes, Mikael Elsila (Editor, Advertising Joanna Maurer, Mary Ann McSweeney, Manager and Graphic Designer) Warren Odze, Louise Owen, Dan Peck HEADQUARTERS: 322 West 48th Street, DELEGates TO AFM CONVENTION New York, NY 10036 Adam Krauthamer, Pete Donovan, Phone: (212) 245-4802 Javier Gándara, Bill Hayes, Dean LeBlanc, Caryl Paisner Web site: www.Local802afm.org EVEN DURING A CRISIS, DELEGates TO NEW YORK City OFFICE HOURS: Daily 9:30 a.m. to CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL 5:30 p.m., except Saturdays, Sundays, IT’S IMPORTANT TO COUNT Adam Krauthamer, Bill Hayes, and holidays Caryl Paisner DUES WINDOW closes at 3 p.m. EVERY NEW YORKER DELEGates TO NEW YORK State AFL-CIO CHECKS WINDOW closes at 4:30 p.m. VEN AS THE COROnavirus CRISIS interrupts our lives in unimaginable ways, we (5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays) Adam Krauthamer, Lynne Cohen can help each other by focusing on a positive future. The 2020 U.S. Census – DELEGate TO UNITED HEBREW TRADES ALLEGRO (ISSN 0002-5704) is published which is happening right now – can affect future arts funding in a positive way, and that’s something good to focus on at the present. By now, you should Bobby Shankin monthly (except for a combined July/ E have received via snail mail an invitation to participate in the census. You have three SupervisinG OFFICERS August issue) at an annual subscription options for responding: online, by phone or by mail. The questions are simple and Adam Krauthamer: Radio City, rate of $30 for non-members in the U.S. all your personal information is kept confidential. The Census Bureau is bound by Lincoln Center Orchestras, Theatres, and $35 out of country, by Local 802, federal law to protect your information and your data is used only for statistical purposes. Learn more at 2020CENSUS.GOV. Organizing Associated Musicians of Greater New York, For various reasons, in past years a significant number of New Yorkers haven’t Karen Fisher: Single Engagement 322 West 48th Street, New York, NY 10036. participated in the census. Without a complete count, our city’s fair share of con- Concerts, Symphony, Opera, Ballet, Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY gressional representation is at stake, as are billions of dollars in federal funding for Music Performance Trust Fund and additional offices (USPS #013-880). health, education, transportation, infrastructure such as bridges and tunnels, and Andy Schwartz: Electronic Media, POSTMASTER: Send address changes to many other programs that New Yorkers rely on. Single Engagement Club Dates, Hotels, Specifically for the arts community, the census has the potential to seriously im- ALLEGRO, Local 802, 322 West 48th Street, Nightclubs, Jazz, Latin, Music Education, pact the distribution of dollars from the federal cultural agencies. But population- Musicians’ Emergency Relief Fund New York, NY 10036. based funding allocations also exist throughout the government, including in the Departments of Education, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture and oth- MANAGING DIRECTOR AND Allegro is printed at Bayard Printing Group, ers, all of which also have pockets of funds that go to the arts. Additionally, special SENIOR ADVISER which is a union shop. government grants are given to areas with large populations of historically marginal- Jon Kantor ized communities. If the census doesn’t get an accurate count of these populations, To reach Local 802: (212) 245-4802 then arts organizations engaged with those populations could be hindered in the COMMUNICatiONS AND To reach Allegro: (646) 765-9663 or amount of money they can get through government grants. MARKETING assOCiate [email protected] or For all these reasons, it’s critical that our members participate in the census, and Maria DiPasquale Allegro, Local 802, 322 West 48th Street, that we as union members engage with our friends, family, and communities to make sure that every person is counted. The NYC Central Labor Council and the Consortium MUSIC PREP ADMINISTRATOR New York, NY 10036 for Worker Education are leading the Labor Counts 2020 initiative in NYC, getting David Will union members and our communities involved in taking the census. You can sign PERSONNEL AdministratOR up for updates from Labor Counts Census 2020 by texting NYCLABORCOUNTS to 87787. It’s up to us to shape the future of our communities! 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PRESIDENT’S Funds (for rostered members of certain begin with, but there’s always someone Local 802 will continue to be your ally orchestras) who’s in a worse situation. As anxious as during this crisis. Although our building report l Our demands and petitions for relief we are right now, let’s also try to keep in is now closed due to the stay-at-home ADAM KRAUTHAMER from our elected leaders, including my mind the things that we can be grateful order and will remain closed for the fore- own statements to the media for in this moment. One thing that I am seeable future, we are open for the lim- l A growing compilation of emergen- grateful for is the outpouring of support ited business we can process remotely cy relief and coronavirus resources. (See from our own community for the Local and are working around the clock to be even more at www.Local802afm.org/ 802 Musicians’ Emergency Relief Fund. the best advocate possible under these [email protected] resource-center) Please donate at www.Local802erf.org. circumstances. You can always reach me (212) 245-4802, ext. 100 If you’re a member who works on Since the 802 office is closed until fur- personally at (212) 245-4802, ext. 100 Broadway, check the “COVID-19 Broad- ther notice, we strongly encourage donat- or use our website (www.Local802afm. way Updates” button in the member por- ing online. If you can’t donate, you can org) or Facebook page (www.Facebook. HERE ARE NO WORDS to describe tal at info.local802afm.org for the most still help spread the word by sharing our com/Local802AFM) to reach us quickly. the evolving crisis that all of us recent bargaining unit updates. posts on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Please hang in there, stay focused on are experiencing right now. The As bad as this situation is, remember I would also like to thank the many what is really important, hug your loved Tpain and confusion are possibly that everyone is in the same boat. We all workers who are on the front lines and ones, and we will get through this togeth- at the highest level that many of us have want the coronavirus to be eradicated, who are exposing themselves so that so- er. Most of all stay hopeful! Having hope ever felt, and I don’t have to list all the to get back to work, and to get kids back ciety can continue. I’m thinking not just gives us all the courage to survive any many ways our lives are changed for the in school. As a society, we have enough of health care workers but also those who hardship – and musicians are survivors. moment. I think the most useful ap- people power to demand relief from our work for the post office and delivery com- proach is to focus on the positive things elected officials, and they realize that.