AFM Local 47 is proud to partner with Los Angeles Young Workers, AFL-CIO for the 27th Annual NALC Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.
Volunteers are needed Mondays through Saturdays now through June 15 to help sort food donations at the Salvation Army warehouse in Bell. We have adopted Saturday, June 8 as our primary volunteer day. Continue reading
AFM Local 47 was proud to co-host MAY DAY 2019 and join thousands of union members, immigrant-rights advocates and community activists to march through downtown Los Angeles in an annual May Day procession in support of worker rights and immigrant freedom. Continue reading
The Ellis Island Honors Society announces that AFM Local 47 member Peter Boyer will be among the recipients of the 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Continue reading
The Board of Trustees of the Professional Musicians, Local 47 and Employers’ Health & Welfare Fund (the “Fund”) is committed to providing the best health insurance delivery and cost platforms to the Fund’s participants and that are available in the health insurance marketplace.
In furtherance of that goal, and as reviewed in this article, the Fund now offers, for registration by all Fund Participants, two “High Deductible Plans” (“HDP’s”) that can be coordinated with a properly established and administered Health Savings Account (“HSA”). Continue reading
Memorial Day and All That Jazz
Exploring the connection between Jazz and Army Life Continue reading
LA Phil 2nd violinist Kristine Whitson (center) joined members of the striking Chicago Symphony Orchestra on the picket line.
After seven weeks on strike, the musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra voted unanimously on April 27, 2019 to ratify a new five-year contract, ending the longest strike in the orchestra’s history.
“Great thanks to the thousands of friends who attended concerts, wrote letters, signed petitions, picketed, came to the picket line and more,” the orchestra posted on its Facebook page. “Your support and Mayor Emanuel’s leadership made this agreement possible.” Continue reading
AFM members are advised that the Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution featuring Streetlight Manifesto concert taking place at the Dolby Theatre on May 18, 2019 is not currently covered under a union agreement. Continue reading
