Presidents' Forum Listening Tour

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What is the Presidents’ Forum?

The Presidents’ Forum for One New Union is holding focused and informal discussions between the elected leadership of the two unions with diverse groups of members. The Forum is working to establish a common vision for a single, successor union representing professional performers, recording artists and broadcasters working in the entertainment and news media industries. The Forum is not a formal committee, nor is it working on an actual “nuts and bolts” plan for creating a new union, rather, it is designed to be a place where leadership can hear from working members, so that we can work together to build a shared vision.

What is the Presidents’ Forum Listening Tour?

Direct input from working members is critically important to successful creation of one new union. The Presidents have agreed to jointly conduct the nationwide Listening Tour in as many Locals as possible across the country to hear from members about their concerns for the future. The Tour will examine a wide range of important questions such as: how is members’ work changing, how might members better equip themselves for the future, and how would a successor union better serve all members? The Listening Tour will be as inclusive as possible and talk with members throughout the country who work under all of our contracts.

Meeting Schedule and Locations

So far, the Listening Tour has met fourteen times since and including the first “beta test” meeting (to test how we should conduct these Listening Tour  meetings) was held in New York City on Nov. 18. Here is a list of Listening Tour meetings that have been convened to date.

January 7 and 8 (with two meetings on January 8) –Los Angeles

January 24 and 25 – Washington/Baltimore

January 26 – Philadelphia - this meeting in cancelled due to severe winter storm weather

February 10 – Los Angeles

February 26 – Miami

March 3 and 4 – Atlanta

March 11 and 12 – New York

March 18 and 19 – Chicago

April 21 – San Francisco

May 5 –  Philadelphia

May 6 & 7 – Boston

May 9 – Open Meeting NY

May 17 – Open Meetng LA

Plans are being discussed to hold Listening Tour meetings in Boston and Philadelphia, with plans for additional meetings in New York City.

 

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