{"id":835,"date":"2019-07-04T00:36:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T07:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/?p=835"},"modified":"2019-07-04T00:36:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T07:36:22","slug":"giocchino-speech-broadway-hair-unopposed-picketing-amptp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/?p=835","title":{"rendered":"GIOCCHINO SPEECH \/ BROADWAY \/ HAIR UNOPPOSED \/ PICKETING AMPTP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
  1. GIOCCHINO SPEECH EXCERPT<\/li>
  2. NEW BROADWAY AGREEMENT <\/li>
  3. RAY HAIR UNOPPOSED \u2013 AGAIN<\/li>
  4. RECORDING MUSICIANS PICKET AMPTP<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    …Absolutely guaranteed anonymity – Former Musician’s Union\nofficer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    …The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity – Nashville\n‘first call’ scoring musician<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    …Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal –\nL.A. Symphonic musician<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    …Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn’t dare to mention – National touring musician<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    I. GIOCCHINO SPEECH EXCERPT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    This is excerpted from a Variety Article about the ASCAP\nAwards, you can read the full article here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \nhttps:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yy6kbg6t\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Michael Giocchino\nwas introduced in person by Brad Bird (\u201cThe Incredibles,\u201d \u201cTomorrowland\u201d) and,\nvia video, J.J. Abrams, Giacchino used his time at the microphone to preach the\nimportance of the musicians who perform his music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cMusicians are a\ncomposer\u2019s life blood,\u201d he said. \u201cWithout them, all we have are little black\ndots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Then he got\nserious, addressing the exodus over the past decade-plus of screen music\nrecording done in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cI can\u2019t help but\nwonder how we went from an industry with work for every musician in town to an\nindustry where a fractured community is rife with players who can barely find\nemployment \u2014 struggling to hold onto jobs, and in many cases having to take\nnon-music work in-between gigs just to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Giacchino admitted\nthat he\u2019s recorded outside of L.A. a few times, but he issued a direct\nchallenge to the musicians union, and to his peers and any filmmakers in the\nroom: \u201cWhen a small independent producer wants to score here, let\u2019s find a way\nto make it happen, not push them away. When you as a producer have a project,\ntry to make it work here first<\/em>. We have to say no to living under the\nshadow of a small group of people who use threats and inaccurate information to\nhold onto a business model that continues to strangle progress.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    He strongly\nclarified that he isn\u2019t anti-union, as the proud son of two lifelong union\nmembers \u2014 \u201cbut I watched over the years as they stood up to the status quo,\ndemanding change from their leadership when the environment was working against\ntheir better interest,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd when an environment does change, survival\nand growth will go to the organisms that can adapt. It will not be easy, but\nthe ability to adapt is the path to prosperity and survival.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Giacchino\u2019s barnburner speech was met with a standing ovation.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    II. NEW BROADWAY AGREEMENT INCLUDES 401K OPTION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Having given up on the AFM Pension\u2019s future\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    BREAKING NEWS: 802 musicians have ratified an agreement with\nthe Broadway League by a 93% margin. The landmark deal includes the largest\nwage increase in 20+ years, a 23% increase in healthcare contributions, and a\nfirst-ever 401(k) plan option. By standing united for fair wages &\nretirement security, the Musicians\nof Broadway<\/a> have won a historic deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    III. RAY HAIR RE-ELECTED UNOPPOSED \u2013 AGAIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Ray Hair<\/a> has been\nre-elected international president of the American\nFederation of Musicians<\/a> at the union\u2019s 101st convention in Las Vegas. Hair,\nwho has been president of the 80,000-member union since 2010, ran unopposed, as\nhe did in the union\u2019s last two elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Also running unopposed this time were incumbents Bruce Fife, international\nvice president; Alan Willaert, the AFM\u2019s vice president from Canada; and Jay\nBlumenthal, the union\u2019s international secretary-treasurer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cIt\u2019s about sticking together, and protecting each other, because together,\nwe can,\u201d Hair said. \u201cThat is the meaning of real unionism. This convention is\nabout what we can do together, about remembering who we are, what we did, and\nwhat we can be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [EC: They also allowed Tino to stay on the International Executive Board\n(Being paid by member dues) even though he lost his last election and is no\nlonger President of any local.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We understand he remains on the pension board as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When asked about this, one east coast member said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThe bylaws need to be changed to prevent this. To me this proves\nthat they are corrupt and on the take. They\u2019re getting kickbacks from the\ninvestment firms\u2026\u201d]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    IV. RECORDING MUSICIANS PICKET AMPTP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \nhttps:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y2lqjbes\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Musicians Union Rallies for Streaming\nResiduals, Seeking to End Disparity With Other Guilds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    They\u2019re\n\u201csticking it to musicians [and] that\u2019s not fair, that\u2019s not right,\u201d said one\nAFM Local 47 leader.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Over one\nhundred members and supporters of the American Federation of Musicians Local 47\nrallied Thursday at the Sherman Oaks headquarters of the Alliance of Motion\nPicture and Television Producers, demanding something that above-the-line\nguilds achieved in 2014 and enhanced in 2017: residuals on product made for\nstreaming services such as Netflix and its coming wave of competitors from\nDisney, Comcast and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Obtaining\ncontracts that harmonize with the other guilds\u2019 would be sweet music for Local\n47, but so far the instrumentalists are finding themselves drummed out by the\nAMPTP. As the industry pivots ever more toward streaming video on demand\nplatforms, musicians assert they are being left behind. They get no residuals\non SVOD product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s a\nfamiliar place for the AFM, since \u2014 even before SVOD \u2014 musicians were (and\nremain) subject to contracts that pay out residuals under far fewer\ncircumstances than directors, writers and actors enjoy; the checks are smaller\ntoo. But the sotto voce contracts are also a bitter irony, because the AFM was\na powerhouse in the earliest fights for residuals during the 1940s and \u201950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cWe are\nthrough being scared, we are though being pushed around, we are through being\ntreated like second-class citizens,\u201d said Jason Poss, a Local 47 member who is\none of the leaders of the union\u2019s effort. \u201cWe know they make huge profits on\nstreaming media. We know they can afford to pay everyone properly and still\nmake millions.\u2026 They don\u2019t get to make more by sticking it to musicians. That\u2019s\nnot fair, that\u2019s not right, and today they will know that we are standing\ntogether because we will not allow it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But it\u2019s a tough fight. Gone are the days\nwhen huge orchestras routinely convened on studio lots. Offshoring of work has\nbeen a concern for half a century, and today it is even easier thanks to the\nInternet and other telecom technology, with London and Eastern Europe as\npopular destinations. The union\u2019s existing TV and theatrical contracts expired\nover a year ago, then were extended<\/a> to this\nNovember but without progress on the residuals issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In\naddition to Poss, other speakers at the rally were UTLA (teachers union) vp Juan\nRamirez, SAG-AFTRA secretary-treasurer Jane Austin, WGA West executive board\nmember Angelina Burnett, Local 47 musician Lara Wickes and Local 47 musician\nand executive board member Dylan Hart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Poss\nalso attempted to deliver residuals petitions signed by over 500 members to the\nAMPTP, but was rebuffed when the organization refused to answer the intercom\nand building security kept the front door locked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The\nshoe was on the other foot almost 80 years ago though. In those days, the AFM\nwas powerful enough to resist entreaties from management, the general public\nand even the U.S. president, maintaining a two-year strike against the radio\nand record industries even during wartime and despite an appeal from no less\nthan FDR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That\nlabor action, the so-called Recording Ban of 1942-44, and a 1948 Recording Ban,\nwere led by the AFM\u2019s then-legendary leader James Petrillo and were\ninstrumental in securing some of the earliest residuals. But that was then. Now\nthe question has become whether a vastly weaker union can muster the crescendo\nnecessary to convince the AMPTP to welcome players into fuller membership in\nthe residuals club \u2014 or whether a de-residualized solo will be the union\u2019s\nfate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Jonathan Handel, Hollywood Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Till next time,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    THE COMMITTEE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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