Donate an unwrapped toy to Local 47 by December 18, 2024
The holidays are approaching rapidly and thousands of families will have to decide whether to buy food, pay rent, or keep the heat on in their homes during the winter nights. Without our help, many of our union sisters, brothers and siblings will be unable to afford holiday presents for their children. Continue reading
Monday, January 27, 2025 – 7:30 p.m.
This will be a hybrid meeting format, both online and in person.
In-Person: Captain Greg Welch Gathering Place, 3220 Winona Ave. Burbank CA
Remote: If you will be attending via Zoom, registration is required. Please click here to register; registration will close 1/27 at 7:30pm. Once your membership is verified by our staff, you will receive an email link with the virtual access code.
Musicians’ Club Annual Meeting to immediately follow GMM
Open to all AFM Local 47 members in good standing.
Light refreshments will be served.
On the Agenda (subject to change):
– Presentation of 50-Year Pins
– Voting on 2 Resolutions to Amend the Bylaws
– Officer Reports
– Old and New Business Continue reading
NBCUniversal (NBCU) and American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) are jointly requesting information, pursuant to a settlement agreement in the civil action AFM v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC et al., pertaining to incomplete tracks used in one of the following programs from March 1, 2020 through October 1, 2024 (“Claim Period”), in order to ensure proper payment for such use pursuant to the Television Videotape Agreement:
Please join us for a Jazz Funeral Second Line as we celebrate and honor the wonderful life of Ben Powell (1986-2024):
2 p.m. Saturday, November 9
1446 North White Street
New Orleans LA 70119
For more information and to RSVP, please click here.
Donations in memory of Ben can be made at: givedirectly.org
Join AFM Local 47 at the LA Fed on Wednesday, October 30 for dinner and phone banking in support of Measure A. Friends & family welcome! Continue reading
AFM Local 47 Communications Director Linda Rapka, Motion Picture/TV Film Business Representative Xochitl Rodriguez, President Stephanie O’Keefe, AFM Electronic Media Services Division Assistant Director Rebecca Gurnee, AFM Electronic Media Services Division Director John Painting, and AFM Local 47 Vice President Marc Sazer.
On October 15-17, 2024, the American Federation of Musicians was proud to participate in the inaugural American Film Convention, with AFM Local 47 holding down the booth. AFM presented two panels during the three-day event with the theme “Scoring Your Indie Vision: The Power of Music and the AFM Independent/Festival Film Agreement.” Continue reading
AFM Local 47 was among the many proud entertainment union honorees presented with the Workers Champions Award at the 4th Annual Delores Huerta Spirit Awards. The reception was held on the evening of September 27, 2024 at the beautiful Los Angeles River Center & Gardens in Los Angeles.
“AFM Local 47 was honored to receive the Workers Champions Award alongside our fellow entertainment labor unions in recognition of our solidarity during the ‘Hot Labor Summer’ of 2023,” said AFM Local 47 President Stephanie O’Keefe. Watch video of her acceptance speech here.
O’Keefe accepted AFM Local 47’s award alongside the Directors Guild of America, IATSE, IBEW Local 40, LiUNA! Local 724, OPCMIA Local 755, SAG-AFTRA,SEIU-USWW, Teamsters Joint Council 42, Teamsters Local 396, Teamsters Local 399, UA Plumbers Local 78, and Writers Guild of America West.
