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I’m terribly concerned about the adopted emergency recommendation #8 which states that any individual musician who receives a distribution from recording special payments fund, or the Film Musicians fund shall make a payment to the Federation based on the annual individual gross distribution from each fund, and the 655 general membership is being accessed an additional amount of $2.00 that will be sent to the Federation because of their financial situation, which I believe is caused by the long standing practice of it’s members to accept non union/under scale employment which generates nothing for the local and no pension benefits for the musicians. I also resent being assessed three different amounts, just for doing the right thing by filing union contracts and paying my work dues. This practice is not only unjust, but might be a violation of our rights. However, to get the Federation out of their financial situation the general membership of all locals should assess all members an additional fee to cover the amount. I feel this is the only fair way to handle this situation. When this is resolved we must elect a new slate of officers who will work harder to contain Federation overhead.
Thanks,
Hal Batt a member of the union since 1978.
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