Series XII: Archived Websites
Extent
Scope and Content Note
This series contains the websites related to American Federation of Musicians, Local 802 and its organizing units, specifically the Musicians of the New York City Ballet and the Musicians of the New York Philharmonic. These website mostly focus on contract negotiations. The series also contains websites related to hardship fundraising for membership, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Other campaigns include digital rights and streaming and film residuals for union members.
Arrangement
The series in arranged chronologically by capture date.
Accruals
https://www.local802afm.org/ is accrued quarterly. https://erf.local802afm.org/, https://afmfairshareformusicians.org/, https://musiciansofnycb.com/, and https://nypmusicians.org/ are accrued semiannually.
Appraisal
Crawl was limited to domains and subdomains of local802afm.org, musicianscook.com, fairshareformusicians.org, savenycmusicians.com, musiciansofnycb.com, afmfairshareformusicians.org, and nypmusicians.org in order to remain within the collection scope and data constraints.
Robots.txt (a piece of code designed to limit crawler activity within a website) was ignored with the permission of the content owner.
YouTube channels were added to captured embedded videos.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Due to technical or privacy issues, archived websites may not be exact copies of the original website at the time of the web crawl. Certain file types will not be captured dependent on how they are embedded in the site. Other parts of websites that the crawler has difficulty capturing includes Javascript, streaming content, database-driven content, and highly interactive content. Full-Text searches of archived websites are available at https://archive-it.org/organizations/567.
American Federation of Musicans, Local 802
Scope and Contents
The website contains agreements and contracts, their Allegro magazine and other news postings, and event listings. The YouTube channel includes videos related to musician support during the COVID-19 pandemic, pension and insurance campaigns, the DCINY Orchestra Musicians strike, and the contract campaign Musicians of the New York City Ballet.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/http://www.local802afm.org/
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://www.youtube.com/@Local802AFM/videos/
Musicians' Emergency Relief Fund
Scope and Contents
The website contains assistance applications, board of trustees and supporter information, initiatives and event information that fund raise for the fund, information on services to support member musicians, and testimonials from fund recipients.
Historical Note
The Musicians' Emergency Relief Fund is a fund for members of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 802. In 2020, the fund focused on raising funds for musicians affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://erf.local802afm.org/
Save NYC Musicians
Scope and Contents
The websites contained testimonials by public figures and union members, images, videos, and the Musicians Cook! campaign and book to raise funds for the Health Benefits plan.
Historical Note
Save NYC Musicians was a campaign created by the American Federation of Musicians, Local 802 to fund raise for musicians and other artists who have lost work due to COVID-19 pandemic. The proceeds of the fundraiser went to the Musicians' Emergency Relief Fund.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://www.savenycmusicians.com/
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw4IbKn0-Hr3V20wpva6zbg/videos
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://www.musicianscook.com/
Artists Rights Caucus
Historical Note
The Artists Rights Caucus (ARC) is a caucus of American Federation of Musicians Local 802 that advocates for legislative change to protect union members' digital rights and livelihoods. ARC supported a union campaign based on the the Music Community Response to the US Copyright Office Inquiry on Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The website was active in 2018 during the Local 802 union elections. Marc Ribot led the caucus.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://arc802.wordpress.com/
Fair Share for Musicians
Scope and Contents
The website contains a petition, news for the campaign, and information on solidarity with the 2023 Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strike. The website also includes 2024 contract bargaining updates from the union.
Historical Note
Fair Share for Musicians is an action campaign of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 802 and Local 47 to demand a fair contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers Association that includes streaming film and television residuals for union members.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/http://www.fairshareformusicians.org/
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://afmfairshareformusicians.org/
Musicians of the New York City Ballet
Scope and Contents
The websites contains a history of the orchestra, orchestra members, a discography of the orchestra, campaigns related to women's history in the orchestra, press, videos, and the 2023 contract campaign between management and musicians. It also includes a petition for a fair contract that expired in August 2023.
Historical Note
Musicians of the New York City Ballet is a unit of the American Federation of Musicians Local 802, which represents the orchestra of the New York City Ballet.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://musiciansofnycb.com/
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://www.youtube.com/@musiciansofnewyorkcityball7808/videos/
Musicians of the New York Philharmonic
Scope and Contents
The website contains information about the performers and a call for support during the negotiation of the new contract.
Historical Note
The Musicians of the New York Philharmonic is a Local 802 unit and performer-led organization that represents members of the orchestra at the institution. In September 2024, the NY Philharmonic musicians settled on a collective bargaining agreement, which includes a 30 percent raise over three years.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/6349/*/https://nypmusicians.org/
