The ROPA Wage Chart:
- The ROPA Wage Chart is a valuable tool during negotiations.
- You can compare your “stats” with other orchestras in your region or budget size.
- As Delegate, your assistance is vital for the creation of a comprehensive Wage Chart.
Links to the ROPA Wage Chart Archives
- This is a link to the Wage Chart Archives on the AFM site. Log-in is required: http://www.afm.org/member/page/id/9219
- This is the PDF of the most recent Wage Chart (2010-11)
Memo from Joel LeFevre, AFM Contract Administrator:
November 21, 2011
Dear Symphonic Conference Delegate,
This message is a gentle reminder to please complete the steps necessary to complete your orchestra’s wage chart data entry for 2011-2012. We would like to put a printed wage chart in your hands in the month of March 2012. We selected that publishing date because that is when the information should prove to be the most timely for your colleagues in the nearly 45% of orchestras whose contracts will have expired by next season.
In order to do that we need at minimum of ten weeks to produce the documents with minimal cost. Less lead time means more cost. So in order to meet the deadline we are asking every delegate to follow up on your information request to your orchestra and local union and complete the data entry by December 20, 2011.
For your convenience the link to the wage chart application is here: http://wagechart.afm.org/. You may log off and re-enter through the sign-in button at as many times as you wish until your orchestra’s data is completed. If you have need of more detail there is video information here: http://vimeo.com/30687368.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions and accept my thanks for your time spent on this project.
Fraternally,
–
Joel LeFevre
American Federation of Musicians
Symphonic Services Division
1501 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
212 869-1330 x-1211