Category: Newsletter

California has passed a law allowing drivers for ride-hailing apps, who are often classified as independent contractors, to collectively bargain through a union. Massachusetts passed a similar law last fall, and in California 800,000 drivers will now be eligible for union representation. AFL-CIO unions are calling for a day of mass action on International Workers READ MORE

Volusia County has eliminated its decades-old cultural grant funding program. $611,000 was to be funded this year, but the funding was voted down because of a production of Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Deland Athens Theater and two drag pageants in Lake Helen. Notably, all of these productions were rentals produced by outside organizations READ MORE

New, Reinstated, and Resigned members for October 2025: New Members: Jeffrey Chapman, Horn Reinstated Members:none Resigned Members: none Deceased Members: Iris van Eck

Membership Meeting Scheduled New Member Orientation Meeting Schedule Meetings are virtual via Zoom and links will be sent in advance. New members are encouraged to join us and all members are welcome! The meetings will be brief and will offer a question-and-answer period. Links will be included in the monthly newsletter.

Did you know that nonprofits are required to disclose their tax returns every year? Nonprofits are public companies, and one of the conditions for not having to pay taxes is that they must make their annual tax returns available to the public. Every year we review the returns of local nonprofits to look at trends READ MORE

What should you do when you get asked to play a gig? If you are working under an AFM agreement, that agreement gives you a number of protections, including guaranteed minimum pay rates and timely payment of wages. But if you are working without the protection of an AFM agreement, or you do not know READ MORE