Author: Buster Brown
Date: 2007-04-13 21:43
When I was 13 years old, I was forced to join the musician's union. Our young band was playing too many jobs at "union halls", and complaints were coming in from the older musicians. We showed up at the K of C Hall in Chicago's South Side to play a dance and found a free union band sitting on stage. We were told by the union rep, join the union, play for scale and all will be well. If you don't join, you won't play anywhere except an occassional school dance. This did not make us happy. However, the end result was, we joined the union, played more jobs and made more money then before.
I'm not sure that's an endorsement to join the union, but it worked for us. The strong arm tactics were not good.
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