Archives: June 2014
Palm Beach Opera Orchestra
Announces the following tenure-track vacancies:
- Violin I and Violin II (2 positions)
- Bass
- Oboe 2
- Assistant/Utility Horn
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South Florida Musicians Association is encouraging members of the community to boycott the Miami Symphony. The Symphony is delinquent in paying wages to its musicians, with some musicians owed for wages as far back as two seasons ago and some musicians owed as much as an entire seasons’ wages. In response to claims made by several musicians under Miami-Dade County’s Wage Theft Ordinance, the Symphony’s attorney admitted that the Symphony owes money to musicians, but claims that the Symphony is not subject to the County’s Wage Theft ordinance. According to the Symphony’s 2012 tax return, the most recent the Symphony has filed, the Symphony has total liabilities of nearly $1.3 million.
As the result of elections held at the membership meeting on May 9, 2014, Elizabeth Aron has been elected as Director. Aron, a member since 2007, will serve for the remainder of the 2012-2014 term of office.
Union Plus is committed to helping union members and their families fund their college education. They now have new programs to help pay down student loan debt:
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Fast food workers continue to protest low wages. Workers walked off the job last month in cities across the country, including in Miami. The protests first began in New York City in 2012, and workers are fighting for a livable wage of $15 per hour and a right to freely form a union without retaliation.
Broward schools have proposed using $2.5 million of its $303 million capital budget to
buy musical instruments.
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