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Attention all members

HELP US GROW!

Earn one quarter's FREE membership dues for every musician who joins Local 353 as a result of your referral! Increased membership gives your Union —and therefore all members— a stronger voice with which to advance the interests of musicians.

With your support everyone benefits!

 

General Membership Meeting Notice

4:00pm Tuesday, October 26, 2010

at Local 353

• Wage Scales - As previously reported, the Local 353 Wage Scale Book was revised effective June 1 and mailed to Marketing Program participants. Scales in other Southern California Locals have also been changed. Leaders and Contractors: please ascertain that you have the latest before contracting.
• LBSO Committee
  Regular election for committee membership is scheduled to be conducted in October. The Committee serves to protect and advance the common professional interests of the Orchestra members through internal Orchestra communication, liaison with the Union, and as participants in negotiations of the Master Agreement with the Long Beach Symphony Association.
  
• Regional Orchestra Players' Association (ROPA)
  Dynell Weber will represent LBSO members at this year’s Conference to be held August 3-5 in Omaha, Nebraska.
• Free Classified Advertising
  Members may offer goods or services for sale to the public via the new section, Classified.  It’s FREE! Limit 50 words or less.
• Health Insurance
  The Local 353 self-pay insurance plans offer several choices: Health Net HMO, Health Net PPO, or Kaiser Permanente. Please call the Office to learn details of the plans and to make application. With today’s high costs of medical care, this is the way to go for those who do not qualify for employer-paid plans.
  
• Leaders and Solo Engagement Musicians
  If you’re not in the Marketing Program yet, don’t let another day go by! Just send your Marketing Agreement and latest promo materials - photos, text sales pitch, telephone number and website address, as applicable, to us. Please Email materials to afmmusic@musicians353.org, indicating, “For AFM Music” in the subject line; or, you may send physical copies of your materials to the Local 353 Office. We’ll take it from there. Don't miss out on this no-cost service that is exclusively for Local 353 members! If you have questions, please call the Office.
• Returned Check Policy
  A fee of $25 shall be charged to any member who submits a check that is returned to the Local 353 Office unpaid.
• 2010 Annual Membership Dues: Regular/Student/Youth $199, Life $84, Inactive Life $51