Klarinet Archive - Posting 000202.txt from 1996/02

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Union/ Non-union?? Help?
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 10:14:10 -0500

Last year I played in a pit orchestra at a local community theatre.
I am not a union member, but since one of the musicians in the pit WAS, we
all ended up getting paid twice as much as we'd originally been offerred,
plus some overtime for rehearsals that ran late!
However, I WOULD like to hear responses about the "down" side of union
membership. My major fear about joining the union has always been that I
would be restricted from performing in non-union situations. Is this true?

-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410)-955-3631

SDM@-----.edu