Archives: June 2017

06/01/17 Official Business

Wage Scales Go Up June 1

Local 655 minimum wage scales rose on June 1, and members should make note of the new rates. Members adopted these rates as a bottom line, a necessary floor if we hope to make a living as professional musicians. We together have decided that working below these rates kills good jobs and creates a race to the bottom that makes it impossible for us to earn a living as professional musicians.

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06/01/17 Last Month at the Local

Negotiations with Broadway Across America begin this month, and we spent last month preparing.

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06/01/17 Member Profiles

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06/01/17 Membership Benefits

Union Members Save on AT&T Wireless Service

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Save 15% off select monthly wireless service plans*

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06/01/17 That Union Thing

The Writers Guild of America has reached a tentative agreement on a new film and TV contract, narrowly averting a strike. 

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06/01/17 Local and Industry News

After public outcry, Florida legislators have walked back a proposal to cut $650,000 in state grants to the New World School of the Arts. 

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06/01/17 Membership Roster Changes

New, Reinstated, Resigned, and Suspended members for May 2017:

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