I. AN APOLOGY TO LOCAL 47
\nII. MORE ATTACKS ON THE REFERRAL SERVICE
\nIII. THE LAST REFERRAL SERVICE WEBSITE MEETING
\nIV. POSITIVE CHANGES AT THE RMALA?
\nV. MORE RUNAWAY SCORING RESPONSES
\nVI. EVENTS
\nVII. TRIVIA
\nVIII. COMMENTS<\/p>\n
===============<\/p>\n
I. AN APOLOGY TO LOCAL 47<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, President Espinosa used an email blast from Local 47 to demand an apology from the COMMITTEE for information we supposedly \u201cmade up\u201d.<\/p>\n
1) DEPOSITIONS:
\n Mr. Espinosa in depositions? We used information from several
\nhighly placed sources inside and outside of the Local. We do not
\nmake anything up and there would be no benefit for us to do so.<\/p>\n
You can read about just one of the actions against our Local here:
\nhttp:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/press\/2007\/10\/hollywood-union-hit-federal-charge-after-union-officials-threaten-musicians-arrests. While this isn\u2019t new and \u201cMAY\u201d be the complaint that was dismissed according to the President\u2019s letter, there are other complaints that have not, as you will see below.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
QUESTION:
\n Before you received the email from the Local, precipitated by thier latest
\nattempt to discredit the COMMITTEE (no doubt in preparation for the
\nupcoming Local elections in December), were you aware of the one
\npresent lawsuit and the three as yet unresolved NLRB (National Labor
\nRelations Board) complaints against our Local?<\/p>\n
The wording of President Espinosa\u2019s letter begs the next question. While there
\nis only \u201cone outstanding lawsuit\u201d, are their any recent lawsuits that have
\nbeen settled, won or lost that Mr. Espinosa DID give depositions for, or were their
\nOTHER Local personnel who gave the depositions?<\/p>\n
IF the information from our multiple sources about Mr. Espinosa\u2019s depositions
\nwas in error, we gladly give and you may accept the appropriate apology. <\/p>\n
2) LAWSUITS:
\nThe settlement details of the ERROL HENRY\/BARBARA MARKAY
\nlawsuits were and are confidential, the fact that they were settled is not
\nconfidential.
\nNo apology there.<\/p>\n
3) If Local 47 paid for the policy that pays any such settlement,
\nWE in effect paid for it. <\/p>\n
Next Item<\/p>\n
There is a general air of secrecy because of what looks to be
\n“behind closed doors” abuses of “executive session”, as was
\ndetailed in a previous mailing. Perhaps it will be good for you
\n(Hal) to articulate what kind of business (in general terms) gets
\nthe executive session treatment.<\/p>\n
Since there seems to be nothing in the By-Laws that articulate
\nthe subjects covered by executive session, please give the
\nmembership some general understanding of what it is that
\nrightly should not be in open session. Perhaps in doing this,
\nyou can reflect on the business that you actually discuss in
\nexecutive session and see whether all of it can be justified in
\nlight of your responsibilities to the MEMBERSHIP.<\/p>\n
===============<\/p>\n
II. MORE ATTACKS ON THE REFERRAL SERVICE<\/p>\n
At the last meeting, Member Jay Rosen seemed to do the Local 47
\nOfficers\u2019 bidding in enabling the overturning of a motion meant to
\nprotect the Referral Service office from being buried in the back
\nof the Local.<\/p>\n
We have it on good authority that this time, someone else will be
\nthe board\u2019s appointee to call for the reversing of the motion from
\nthe October 22nd meeting, the motion that is forcing the board to
\nbring the RS office to the level of success enjoyed before its
\ngutting by the Espinosa Administration. <\/p>\n
Disgruntled members who don\u2019t even use the RS have been expressing
\nthe opinion that the RS office should not be re-located but allowed to
\nsimply disappear, because it\u2019s brought in so little income recently.
\nOf course, these \u201cdisgruntled members\u201d leave out the fact that it is
\nthe Espinosa Administration\u2019s gutting of the RS that has led to
\nthis situation.<\/p>\n
NOT USING THE RS OFFICE?<\/p>\n
There are COMMITTEE members who have never used the RS
\nand most likely will not use it in the future, but we understand it\u2019s
\nimportance to the freelance musicians and are happy and willing
\nto support a service that does not benefit us directly.<\/p>\n
We received these two statements concerning the upcoming meeting
\non April 28th, 2008.<\/p>\n
\u2022MEMBER COMMENTS CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF THE RS.\u2022<\/p>\n
There is a plan afoot for the April GM:
\nOur EB has paid our Local #47 attorney (with OUR dues money) to
\nstate that the Oct 22, 2007 Passed Motions (restoring the RS employees,
\nbudget and effectiveness) are not valid because the June 2005 Special
\nMeeting (where FMA Members voted that the RS must stay where it
\nis) was not valid. They are going to argue that the Motions are tied to
\nthe location.<\/p>\n
Huh?? The two have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with each other \u2013
\nthe RS will be \u201crestored to its effectiveness\u201d because THAT IS THE
\nWILL OF THE MEMBERS by legal, binding Bylaw-approved Majority
\nVote. The RS location is not mentioned in the Passed Motions and has
\nno bearing on the situation.<\/p>\n
The RS Committee stated at the RS meeting on May 27 that \u201cwe are in
\nfavor of the RS being moved to the new location proposed by Amie Moore.\u201d
\n(This would be the area through the double doors to the left of the Security
\ndesk, taking out the wall of Al Rubalcava\u2019s old office\u2026 actually an
\nimprovement.) <\/p>\n
This disarms the \u201cmoving the RS\u201d argument in any case\u2026 except now the
\nRS isn\u2019t going into a broom closet the way the EB wanted it to.<\/p>\n
So\u2026 is our Executive Board now paying our lawyer to find ways to violate
\nour Bylaws? Whatever trick it is, you can bet we\u2019ll all be taking notes so
\nwe can use the same trick as well.<\/p>\n
And we\u2019ll be informing the Dept of Labor<\/p>\n
—————–<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to make SURE we have EVERYONE at the April 28
\nGeneral Meeting \u02c6 I just heard that certain disgruntled Members
\n(who don’t use the RS themselves, and have lost sight of the
\npurpose of a Fraternal Union) are going to try to overturn our
\nPassed Motions from the Oct 22 GM \u02c6 the Motions which are
\nforcing them to restore the Referral Service. <\/p>\n
WE HAVE THE VOTES! But only if we ALL show up and vote!<\/p>\n
Please spread the word!\u201d<\/p>\n
———–<\/p>\n
Please spread the word indeed!<\/p>\n
WE NEED YOU AT THE APRIL 28TH GM MEETING TO STAVE
\nOFF THE NEXT ATTACK ON THE RANK AND FILE SERVICES.<\/p>\n
================<\/p>\n
III. THE LAST REFERRAL SERVICE WEBSITE MEETING<\/p>\n
The last RS website meeting was, from all reports, well attended
\nand very informative.<\/p>\n
OTHER INFORMATION LEARNED:
\n\u2022Local 47 RS Website programmer Ray Garcia gave the attendees
\ninformation that the website is still under construction. Several
\nsuggestions for improvements were made by members. He informed
\nthose in attendance that they just changed the system so it will update
\nin one day instead of a week, and the member can see previews, etc.<\/p>\n
\u2022Secretary Lashinsky, who attended the meeting, was reminded
\nthat members are expecting the Executive Board to abide by the
\npassed motions from the Oct 22 general meeting, one of which
\nsays they must \u201crestore and then surpass\u201d the highest level of
\neffectiveness of the RS, and its advertising budget. <\/p>\n
\u2022The RS Committee made clear that as members of the Local, they
\ndeserve all information on the building, running and maintaining
\nof the RS Website as well as being able to express suggestions or
\ncomplaints. <\/p>\n
\u2022Lastly, it was pointed out that the Referral Service Committee
\nis expecting the RS to make regular outgoing phone calls to
\nchambers of commerce, city halls, film companies, other long-
\ntime clients, etc \u2013 like it used to under David Schubach and Errol
\nHenry.<\/p>\n
Thank you to the Referral Service Committee for keeping the
\nmeeting open and honest!<\/p>\n
Bravo!<\/p>\n
==============<\/p>\n
IV. POSITIVE CHANGES AT THE RMALA?<\/p>\n
It would seem that by many measures, the election of Pete Anthony
\nto the Presidency has been a good thing.<\/p>\n
Improvements we\u2019ve seen:
\n1) Promising communications are open with the AFM for the first
\ntime in years.
\n2) They are trying to communicate with their members in a
\nmore transparent way. (A series of meetings at area homes is
\nscheduled.)
\n3) They are acknowledging for the first time the fear of retaliation
\nfor speaking truth to power by enabling members to submit
\nquestions anonymously for the upcoming meetings. <\/p>\n
Their realization of this fact, one they have refuted for YEARS, can be
\na big step toward changing other conduct.<\/p>\n
Hopefully, these meetings aren\u2019t simply to coerce their members to pack
\nthe April meeting to further damage the Local for the freelance and
\ncasual musicians. That will depend on who is running them.<\/p>\n
Given the influence of the RMA on our Local 47 board, perhaps
\nMr. Anthony can remind the Local 47 board and rank and file
\nRMA members that it does them no harm to have a working
\nviable and growing Referral Service office for the rank and file
\nLocal 47 members. <\/p>\n
A strong RS cannot affect their ability to work one iota and its at times
\nlike this that we have to open more work access possibilities, not shut
\nthem down or limit their effectiveness.<\/p>\n
================<\/p>\n
V. MORE MEMBER RESPONSES TO RUNAWAY SCORING SOLUTION<\/p>\n
Here are a few more responses to our \u201cMEMBER IDEA\u201d section.<\/p>\n
———-<\/p>\n
About your solutions to runaway scoring. You can’t force production
\ncompanies to work with us. Threatening to make them in-eligible for
\nawards will never work. Getting other unions to side with us
\nobviously isn’t going to happen. If we want to bring back work we
\nhave to compete for it. We have to give the best product for the best
\nprice, end of story. That is how the work was taken from us & that is
\nthe only way we will get it back. <\/p>\n
———-<\/p>\n
Patty Zimmitti had an idea before she passed away that was very simple
\nand would still work. Have a Buy-out rate for films that don’t want to
\nsign an assumption agreement. Make the rate higher as to build in any
\npotential back end. Since soundtracks are dead this could be included
\nas well. This is exactly what London did. If you want to score in
\nLondon TODAY and not pay the higher “buy-out” rate you still can.
\nThis is very simple and would retrieve a good percentage of the work,
\nnot every film but most. Given the current exchange rate for London,
\nthis is the perfect time. It could be cheaper to score here than in
\nLondon. And since London is the only competition that has equal (or
\ngreater) quality of musicians and facilities in the world that is all
\nyou can worry about. You can’t compete with inferior, cheap and bad
\nsounding orchestras and recordings. “You get what you pay for and
\nsometimes less”. So the AFM should be realistic and become
\ncompetitive with like product. You will never get any producer to
\nrecord here that would be willing to sacrifice quality for dollars.
\nThe good news is that people are recording orchestras everywhere
\nwhich means that they are writing and recording orchestral music. If
\nwe can become competitive there might actually be a chance to keep
\nthe orchestral recording business alive in LA. <\/p>\n
The other point that I would like to make is about this $50,000 fine
\nnonsense. When one wants to support a union what do you do: you
\nboycott the nonunion company, not the workers. It is clear as to who
\nthese companies are. Print a boycott list. Fine the the production
\ncompanies that are also distributers. The studios own the
\ndistribution companies that distribute all of the non-union films. If
\none really wants to be tough, make the contract with the studios
\ninclude all of the films that they participate in, not just the ones
\nthat they “produce”. This is done by all of the other unions. Fining
\nPete Anthony or some poor orchestrator for trying to make a living
\nshows to the world how weak, pitiful and powerless the musician’s
\nunion has become. It also does not give the people who occasionally
\nhave some modicum of influence to keep a project in Los Angeles any
\nfaith or desire to do such a thing. <\/p>\n
Lastly, there is a real problem here that is eating at the very core
\nof what we are discussing. Because there is so little work and so few
\nscoring stages left in Los Angeles, there is no incentive for young
\nmusicians to come try to become part of this system. Pretty soon, the
\ngreed and lack of any creative approach to problem solving will
\ndestroy whatever is left.<\/p>\n
—————-<\/p>\n
getting the no awards for any non-union work can work but
\nit will have to be with the RMALA and the AFM spearheading it to
\nthe other unions so we “come with the lunch”<\/p>\n
we would actually have to all work together \u2013 <\/p>\n
—————<\/p>\n
I really don’t think the ” Made\/Scored in Hollywood or Forget
\nAbout Industry Recognition” is the proper approach. Movies will be made and
\nMake money with or without Hollywood. The last thing I think any Local
\nshould do it to shut out the competition in the public eye. When the public
\nlooses it’s respect and fascination with the glorious past of Hollywood, it will
\njust move on. I don’t think Paris will ever publicly shut out the Italian designers
\nfor the same reason.<\/p>\n
==============<\/p>\n
VI. EVENTS<\/p>\n
American Society of Music Arrangers & Composers (ASMAC)
\nwelcomes<\/p>\n
MARK ISHAM<\/p>\n
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 – 11:30am
\nat Catalina’s in Hollywood<\/p>\n
Mark Isham has earned many awards including a Grammy, an
\nEmmy, and a Clio, in addition to multiple Grammy, Academy
\nAward and Golden Globe nominations for his material both as a
\ncomposer and a recording artist. Most recently, Mark was
\nhonored by ASCAP with the Henry Mancini Award for Lifetime
\nAchievement. He has composed over 75 film scores.<\/p>\n
Please join us for a memorable and informative lunch with the
\ntalented Mark Isham.<\/p>\n
Wednesday, April 16th
\n11:30 cocktails\/networking;
\n12noon Buffet Lunch;
\n12:45 Guest Speaker Mark Isham<\/p>\n
Catalina’s
\n6725 West Sunset Blvd.
\nHollywood, CA 90028
\n (1 BLOCK E OF HIGHLAND \u2013 north side of street \u2013 cor of McCadden)<\/p>\n
Cost: ASMAC Members & Students $30 \u2022 Guests and all walk-ins $35
\nParking: Valet $3.00 \u2022 Enter on McCadden – west side of Catalina\u2019s \u2013
\nlot at back<\/p>\n
Please make reservations by Tuesday morning, April 15th @ 818\/994-4661
\nOR by email to asmac@theproperimageevents.com
\nAND check out our website—www.asmac.org <\/p>\n
————–<\/p>\n
The Big Band Academy of America presents:
\nBIG BAND REUNION AND DINNER 2008
\nStarring the BBAA BLUE RIBBON BIG BAND
\nand honoring
\nStan Freberg, Peter Marshall, The Modernaires with Paula Kelly Jr.
\nWHEN: Sunday, June 1, 2008
\nWHERE: Empire Room Sportsman’s Lodge, Studio City,CA
\n(Ventura Blvd. & Coldwater Canyon Ave)
\nDoors Open at 12:00 noon Lunch served at 1:00 P.M.
\nProgram begins at 2:00 P.M.
\nTickets for non-members………..$75.00
\nMembers………………………………..$65.00
\nChoice of entree: Chicken, Salmon, Fruit, & Vegetarian<\/p>\n
Make check or Money Orders payable to:
\n Big Band Academy of America
\n 1438 North pepper Street
\n Burbank,CA 91505-1835
\n telephone: (818) 559-1313
\n E-Mail: bigbandacademy@yahoo.com<\/p>\n
the Band….Kim Richmond, Pete Christlieb, Rusty Higgins,Thom
\nMason, Bob Efford, Scott Whitfield, Les Benedict, Robbie Hoiki,
\nCharlie Davis, Rick Baptist, Carl Saunders, Jack Feierman,Gary
\nUrwin, Ben DiTosti, Dave Stone, Ralph Razze, Rick Fleishman….
\nPat Longo, Leader<\/p>\n
===============<\/p>\n
VII. TRIVIA: QOUTES ABOUT MUSIC<\/p>\n
“I write [music] as a sow piddles.”
\n* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart <\/p>\n
“My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a producer.”
\n* Cole Porter <\/p>\n
“Don’t bother to look, I’ve composed all this already.”
\n* Gustav Mahler, to Bruno Walter who had stopped to admire
\nmountain scenery in rural Austria. <\/p>\n
“I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool
\nthan play Bach and starve.”
\n* Xavier Cugat <\/p>\n
“[Musicians] talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me
\nbusinessmen every time. They really are interested in music and art.”
\n* Jean Sibelius, explaining why he rarely invited musicians to his home. <\/p>\n
“The amount of money one needs is terrifying…”
\n* Ludwig van Beethoven <\/p>\n
“Only become a musician if there is absolutely no other way you
\ncan make a living.”
\n* Kirke Mecham, on his life as a composer <\/p>\n
“Chaos is a friend of mine.”
\n* Bob Dylan <\/p>\n
“There is nothing more difficult than talking about music.”
\n* Camille Saint-Sans <\/p>\n
“I am not handsome, but when women hear me play,
\nthey come crawling to my feet.”
\n* Niccol” Paganini <\/p>\n
“Of course I’m ambitious. What’s wrong with that?
\nOtherwise you sleep all day.”
\n* Ringo Starr<\/p>\n
==============<\/p>\n
VIII. COMMENTS<\/p>\n
The comments below and elsewhere in our offerings represent
\nthe uncensored views of the readers and not necessarily those
\nof the COMMITTEE. In the faith that freedom of expression
\nallows for the birth and ascendancy of the most beneficial ideas,
\nall sentiments expressed are welcome, subject to the bounds of
\ngood taste and decorum. If you disagree with an opinion expressed
\n by any contributor, we encourage you to rebut it here.<\/p>\n
————<\/p>\n
Thanks for having a place where Members can vent, be anonymous
\nand be taken seriously!<\/p>\n
—————–<\/p>\n
you gotta stop the personal digs – it only hurts the situation –
\nkeep the personal stuff out of the war with these guys – it makes
\nyou look bad – hurts credibility too<\/p>\n
stick to business \u2013 <\/p>\n
————<\/p>\n
Sirs, I have recently begun receiving your informative emails and want to thank
\nyou. My own story is yet another reflection of the unresponsive and unhelpful
\npeople at Local 47. My name is Harvey Wyerman and I am recently retired after
\n40 years of a successful law practice. Upon my retirement my dream was to take
\nup my old friend the tenor saxophone and, after refreshing myself on the basics
\nof the instrument, join in harmonic joy with my fellow musicians while making a
\nbuck or two to feed myself and my wife Gladys (though we do enjoy the benefit
\nof several generous trust funds from my various successes in public litigation). I
\n dug out all my old Rubank methods as well as what sheet music I had saved from
\nthe 50’s (Ah, those were the days…) and soon was up to snuff. Joining the union
\nseemed the next logical step, which I did. But after that the door seemed to shut in
\nmy face. I would frequently call the various officers and employees, wanting to
\nget together for a friendly “jam” or just a cup of coffee to see how I could break
\ninto the biz but no one seemed interested in giving me the time of day. This was
\nnot the comradery I had expected nor does it seem to reflect what all of us should
\ncherish; the love of music and the sheer joy of playing together and making a
\nliving. Perhaps those people that you call the “RMA” are the ones that have taken
\nall the fun out of the game, or are stealing it all for themselves. Shame on them!
\nPlease excuse the ramblings of an old man (I am in my 70s) but this thing just makes
\nme so angry. Please keep up your most welcome efforts on the behalf of those of us
\nwho are not the “insiders”. And, yes, you may use my name.<\/p>\n
[EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: Before you can break-in you need to be known. We would
\nsuggest as 3 possible starting points:
\n1) Go to the monthly Local 47 jam session
\n(They occur on every 3rd Saturday of the month from 1PM to 3:30 PM
\nin the auditorium of the Local \u2013 for questions call (323) 993-3157 );
\n2) Approach one of the many Big Bands who rehearse weekly about sitting
\nin; and
\n3)As you\u2019re coming back to the sax after so long, you might also consider
\njoining a community wind band so you can get used to playing with a
\nensemble again.]<\/p>\n
————-<\/p>\n
LA better wake up and smell the jet fuel being expelled at LAX with the
\nproducers and composer teams on those very planes flying around the
\nworld to record music written by a composer that actually lives and works
\nin Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
————-<\/p>\n
Dear Committee:<\/p>\n
This is a post on the Film Music Magazine’s Composer’s Forum;<\/p>\n
[“Thanks ****, <\/p>\n
That’s too bad about the cancelation. There’s a guy out of Boston who
\n runs a “faux orchestra”, which is to say he programs computers with the
\n Vienna Symphonic Library and gives electronic concerts. I can’t think
\n of his name, but he has rigged a Wii controller (the motion sensitive
\n controller for Nintendo’s Wii video game console) to Logic via midi and
\n conducts (at least tempo-wise, and a little velocity sensitive
\n stuff-wise) his computer by the vertical wave of the controller (the vertical
\n pulse translates to pushing the music forward one beat). <\/p>\n
This may seem silly, but it leaves the possibility of conducting a
\n single live player or a small group of live players in your home along with
\n your midi synth, alleviating the need for a live player to learn and
\n follow a click track (seems the classical players prefer to be conducted
\n versus following a click). The technology is still in its infancy,
\n and i haven’t heard of anyone trying this approach to score sweetening,
\n but maybe some day? And if so, you’ll possibly have a larger pool of
\n composers to appeal to if part of a workshop includes a synth\/live hybrid
\n conducting component. ] <\/p>\n
So NOW what do we (47) do to get up on this new technology?
\nI was going to write some parody here about fearless leadership bravely
\nCharging into the future. But the truth is far too sad for me to make light of it.<\/p>\n
————-<\/p>\n
Good evening!<\/p>\n
Thanks for your emails which I have been receiving for quite
\nsome time.<\/p>\n
As a former student of Leonard Rosenman I would be interested
\nin attending any memorial service for him.<\/p>\n
Could you let me know or refer me?<\/p>\n
Thanks,
\nlongtime Local 47 member 20+ years<\/p>\n
[Editor\u2019s note: We have heard nothing about a memorial. If we do
\nwe will let everyone know.]<\/p>\n
———–<\/p>\n
BTW, do you think it’s better to talk out loud about folks\/companies
\nthat ‘lower the bar’ for everyone,
\nor sweeping their free publicity under the radar\/rug? <\/p>\n
I see that Mark’s FMN newsletter always seem to find some new person
\nor company that has lowered the bar and then to my dismay, seems to salute
\nthem for their ingenuity in getting work (even if it seems that their “bait”
\nis some new idea of how to ‘lower the bar’ for the clients we all
\nseek to make their company more attractive. <\/p>\n
This last issue seems to celebrate someone for sharing writer’s credit (and in
\neffect a kickback\/residual payment) for contributing in the creative process
\nfor a project. In the past and present it was always the duty of the person hiring
\nyou to help guide the project, but to now give them a percentage of publishing
\nfor doing so seems like a kickback and unethical behavior on the music companies
\npart. <\/p>\n
I’m not surprised the official’s company hasn’t objected in today’s
\natmosphere of government officials turning over their jobs to
\ncome back and lobby the same departments they formally worked
\nfor, etc. In the past, most companies wouldn’t stand for this type
\nof behavior. <\/p>\n
After all that person is already paid a handsome salary to take
\ncare of this type of business, they shouldn’t be acquiring bonuses
\nfrom the people they hire and over see.??? <\/p>\n
just a thought… <\/p>\n
=============<\/p>\n
Colleagues,<\/p>\n
The April 28th meeting may be a contentious one, one that can take more
\nrights and services away from the rank and file Local 47 members. Whether
\nor not the Officers and special interests succeed is up to you and no
\none else. It takes numbers, not just resolve.<\/p>\n
Please join us to force the silent majority to be heard by these Local 47
\nOfficers who again and again work to lessen the voice of the rank and
\nfile, and further the interests of a small fraction of the 8000+ who pay
\ndues.<\/p>\n
Until Next Time,<\/p>\n
THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I. AN APOLOGY TO LOCAL 47 II. MORE ATTACKS ON THE REFERRAL SERVICE III. THE LAST REFERRAL SERVICE WEBSITE MEETING IV. POSITIVE CHANGES AT THE RMALA? V. MORE RUNAWAY SCORING RESPONSES VI. EVENTS VII. TRIVIA VIII. COMMENTS =============== I. AN APOLOGY TO LOCAL 47 Earlier this week, President Espinosa used an email blast from Local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-committee-newsletters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}