Aloha members. I hope you all have been able to roll with the ups and downs of this extended Covid situation. We musicians are a resilient bunch, so hopefully, we all can hang in there until the end of this storm. In the meantime, we here at Local 677 have been keeping up with the […]
This past summer, MAH member and daughter of esteemed members Sharene and Dean Taba, Matin Boulos, was chosen to participate in the prestigious and highly selective National Youth Orchestra 2. Usually held in New York, with a final performance at Carnegie Hall, the private lessons, master classes, studio sectionals and concert were all done digitally, […]
New Collective Bargaining Agreement with Diamond Head Theater is a promising start Theater Musicians: This past year, a new collective bargaining agreement was put in place with Diamond Head Theater. Pay was raised to $89 per rehearsal or performance, with stipulations for doubling (which had not previously been paid for). This rate is still not […]
Aloha! As the summer draws to a close, I would like to share with you some updates on various issues that our union faces. Legislative Items Local 677, along with our entertainment coalition members SAG/AFTRA Hawaii, IATSE Local 665, and Hawaii Teamsters & Allied Workers Local 996, had a role in addressing several issues important […]
