Join AFM Local 47 and the Music Fund of Los Angeles at the Teamsters 399 Car & Motorcycle Show!
The event takes place at Woodley Park in Van Nuys from 12-5pm. Enjoy incredible cars and motorcycles featured in major motion pictures and TV shows! Fun for the whole family.
The Benefits & Services Committee, formed as part of the union’s Strategic Plan, invites all members of AFM Local 47 to take the 2019 Member Survey so we may learn how the union can better serve you. The survey will be open through August 31, 2019.
To request a paper survey please call 323.993.3162
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We honor the memory of the following members whose deaths were reported between May 16-June 14, 2019: Continue reading
Professional Musicians and Employers’ Health & Welfare Fund:
In order to ensure that all Employer contributions are properly and timely received and recorded by the Fund, each Participant is responsible for notifying the Fund of engagements they have performed (including date and location) and for which Employer contributions are due to the Fund. Employer contributions that are not received at the close of the Qualifying Period are not “timely,” and will generally not be applied to that Qualifying Period (they are applied prospectively to the next Qualifying Period). Continue reading
As of June 17, 2019, the musicians of the Baltimore Symphony have been locked out. At the AFM 101st Convention earlier this month, the body unanimously passed an Emergency Resolution condemning the Baltimore Symphony’s lockout of its orchestra. Locals from far and wide stepped up to support the musicians of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and their local as they face a lock-out and the threat of drastic cuts. Continue reading
SHERMAN OAKS, CA (June 27, 2019) — Today more than 100 professional musicians who work in film and television held a press conference and delivered stacks of petition signatures to the entertainment industry’s major producers demanding a fair contract, including residuals, for new media.
Musicians marched to the front doors of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to hand-deliver hundreds of petitions signed by musicians who work in the industry, where studio representatives denied them entrance. “They are in this building and they are willing to deny us behind closed doors, but they will not do it in the open,” said musician and organizing committee member Jason Poss. “They will receive these petitions, even though they don’t want to receive them today. This is a victory. We have shown what is going on and they cannot hide from us any longer. This is just the beginning.” Continue reading
Delegates to the 101st AFM Convention have re-elected Ray Hair as International President.
We are also proud to announce that our own AFM Local 47 President John Acosta was re-elected as a member of the International Executive Board. Continue reading
Under Federal and State law, you have the right to Union representation when you are called in for disciplinary review. To get Union representation, however, you must have a reasonable belief that you will be disciplined as a result of the interview, and you MUST REQUEST that your Union representative be present. Continue reading