November 15, 2009

Dear President Lee:

We are writing to express our appreciation for your allowing the participation of two of our members at the recent round of Videotape negotiations held in New York City. As previously stated in our prior correspondence on the subject, we believe that Continue reading →

This story appears in the November, 2009 edition of the Musicians’ Association of Hawaii, Local 677 AFM newspaper.

The 84 musicians of the Honolulu Symphony, like the general public, learned from newspapers and television that the Honolulu Symphony Society Board of Directors intends to file bankruptcy only four weeks into the season and less than two months after the musicians agreed to contract concessions worth more than $500,000. Continue reading →

The AFM released the following statement today, November 9, 2009:

“At 3 am on Friday morning, November 6, after five rounds of negotiations over the course of nearly nine months, the Federation and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) reached a tentative agreement on new Theatrical and Television Motion Picture Agreements Continue reading →