Newsletter Archives: June 2001
06/01/01 Member Benefits
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06/01/01 That Union Thing
Philadelphia printers conduct first successful strike for increased wages. |
First worker revolt: B&O Railroad cuts wages 10% and workers walk off job; federal troops break strike but start national revolt. |
AFM formed |
Norris-LaGuardia Act: limits employers’ injunctions in labor disputes. |
Fair Labor Standards Act: creates laws regarding minimum wages and 40-hour work week. |
AFL and CIO merge. |
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Philadelphia shoe makers create price list and a "closed shop" environment; courts rule that "union" is a criminal conspiracy. |
skilled workers form American Federation of Labor. |
Local 655 Chartered. |
NLRA: protects workers’ rights to form unions, compels collective bargaining, and creates NLRB to investigate violations. |
Taft-Hartley Act restricts union members’ activities. |
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06/01/01 Herb Wasserman: A Different Drummer
Everybody is a drummer. Either a future drummer ("I just bought a drum set for my cellar") or a past drummer ("playing drums put me through law school"). If they don’t play air guitar, today’s kids play air drums...It’s hard to get respect even though some big people have told me how they envy me. I just remind them of the salary differential and they go back to reality.06/01/01 Symphonic Shorts
News & Announcements
John Peterson has been named Vice President/Development at the New World Symphony...Florida Youth Orchestra has been invited to Carnegie Hall for a national conclave of youth orchestras next April...Florida Grand Opera has commissioned a new opera from David Carlson based on Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina for it’s debut season in the new Performing Arts Center of Greater Miami in 2005...Florida Philharmonic Resident Conductor Edwin Outwater has been appointed resident conductor of the San Francisco Orchestra and Music Director of the SFS Youth Orchestra…Robert Levinson has succeeded Alberto Ibarguen as chairman of the FPO Governing Council...Kurt Hagen has resigned as personnel manager of the Boca Pops…
06/01/01 Recording Rap
The recording department has been busy the past few months with artists Cristian Castro, Shakira, Mandy Moore, Brandy, Enrique Iglesias, and Jon Secada working on new projects. During the past two weeks I attended a Puff Daddy session and saw the beginning of the Michael Jackson session with 45 musicians. Michael later came in and conducted one song. James Judd and the Florida Philharmonic have also recorded a CD with selections of Leonard Bernstein’s works.
06/01/01 Casual Corner
FROM JAKE LUGER...
Music Performance Trust Fund Money Available to You!
That’s right, pending your request to MPTF, Free Money to supplement free concerts can be yours.
MPTF has co-sponsored solo, duos, trios, all the way to 35-piece orchestras, doing 25,000 concerts a year.
Why aren’t you taking advantage of this opportunity???
06/01/01 Official Business
ANNUAL DUES/DUES INCREASE NOW PAYABLE
Please note that if you are paying dues semiannually, the second installment is now due. Also, the $10 DUES INCREASE approved by the membership in February is now payable. Please CHECK YOUR MAILING LABEL for the amount you owe (in parenthesis next to your name). Thank you!
Scale Committee Report Now Available
Committee recommends approximately 4% increases...please call the office if you would like to review their report prior to the official presentation to the membership in August. Thank you.
06/01/01 President's Report
… Nominations & Elections …
September is right around the corner, about a block and a half past your vacation, and we have our own bi-annual nominations meeting, with the election to follow in November. Personally, I have made no decision yet, although I have some potential opportunities I’m looking at. I urge you to get involved. Your Local is only as good as you make it.
