Our next General Membership Meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 5:00 PM in the Meeting Room on the 2nd floor of 545 West 45th Street, New York City.
Please remember we are not allowed any food or drink, except bottled water, into the meeting room at the Landlord's request.
DUES REMINDER: Your dues for the 1st Quarter are due January 1, 2012 with a grace period until the 3rd Wednesday of January. If you are not on dues check-off, you must submit copies of your earnings from October thru December of 2011. Assessment dues and basic dues must be submitted at the same time.
Please note at the 66th Quadrennial Convention, they voted to increase the per capital tax for local unions by $1.00 effective January 1, 2012 to be allocated to the General Fund of the IATSE.
PROJECTION: 4% of regular earnings plus $52.00 basic ALLIED CRAFTS: 4% of regular earnings plus $48.00 basic THEATRICAL: 2% of total earnings plus $36.45 basic
Remember, if you do not understand the dues deduction structure, please contact the office and our staff will assist you.
There seems to be a little confusion concerning the office hours of Local 306. Just to clarify- We are open from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, but the window closes at 4pm. This is so the staff can do the final "wrap-up" in the last hour to do entries and other office work. If you work late and do not want to mail your payments, we can make arrangements on a Monday Night, but by request only. I ask you to please be considerate toward the staff and adhere to the above. We are enclosing a copy of your Weingarten Rights. Please read it and keep it with you.
As previously mentioned at one of our meetings, we are having a new third party administrator for the Theatrical Department. We will no longer be using ASO, Inc., and our new administrator of the Theatrical Welfare Fund will be:
C and R CONSULTING Phone Number- 646 380 8510
You may already have received information from them in the mail. Please open it and read it. Your benefits will remain the same as with ASO. The Trustees have only changed the 3rd party administrators.
The Traditional Department Representative, Barry Garfman and the Theatrical Department Representative, Carol Bokun will give their reports at the meeting.
The Business Office will be closed on Monday, February 20th, in observance of President's Day. On Friday, the 17th of February, the office will be closing at 2pm. Fraternally and In Solidarity,
Lorraine Lowrey Secretary-Treasurer
Please attend and participate at every meeting.
Always in meetings be courteous and respectful to your Union Sisters and Brothers, regardless of his/her point of view and regardless of department. It is imperative that we all are informed of the decisions made by our elected officials, so that membership oversight, mandated by our Constitution and By-Laws, is properly exercised. Also, please be prompt so we may start on time and all business will conclude, allowing every worker to get to his/her theater call on time. Courtesy to your fellow members is always very much appreciated.
