Our members include storytellers and poets as well. Getting gigs is your job or that of your agent. Once you have a gig, the union can make sure you are paid and treated fairly. MPTF can help subsidize many of the gigs we all do in schools, nursing homes, parks and neighborhood centers. It allows us to be fairly paid while reaching the audiences who need us most and can afford us the least.
Members also pay work dues for every job played under a union contract.
For jobs played in Canada, work dues are computed in Canadian dollars. Fill out the application, and send it in with your check to the address on the form. I already have my own contract. A union contract provides access to union benefits - pension plan, health insurance and more. Customize the union contract with a rider spelling out your particular needs, and you have all the assurance you get with your present contract, with the collective strength of the union to back it up.