Newsletter Archives: August 2012
Please remember that the new minimum wage scales take effect on August 15, 2012. For the updated rates, please visit the members' section or contact the Local.
The International Federation of Musicians (FIM) has launched a petition campaign demanding standardized policies for bringing
musical instruments on board airplanes. Citing cases where musicians were able to bring instruments on airplanes for outgoing flights, only to have that right denied on return flights, they are asking for adoption of a policy similar to the one recently adopted in the United States.
Miami-Dade County will pay up to $5 million to repair damage to the
Arsht Center caused by a storm pipe that failed on May 21 during a performance of Lion King, causing the performance to be canceled and the audience to be evacuated.
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