UNITE HERE! LOCAL 11 Community Briefing & Celebration

UNITE HERE! Local 11 — which represents over 32,000 workers employed in hotels, restaurants, airports, sports arenas, and convention centers throughout Southern California and Arizona — is inviting all to celebrate what has been achieved so far in their historic 2023-2024 Hotel Contract Fight, and to learn what’s next in this powerful fight for worker justice. Continue reading →

Final Note: Aurelio (Roy) D’Antonio

Life Member. Clarinet
7/9/1931 – 5/27/2024

by Chris French

Aurelio (Roy) D’Antonio was at home with his beloved wife, Margaret, when he passed from this earth on May 27 at age 92. He will be remembered as a virtuoso clarinetist, father and grandfather, teacher, friend, bicyclist, and tireless advocate for the underdog as he served in various capacities at Local 47. Continue reading →

June 2024 Overture Online: Labor Celebrates PRIDE ‎️‍🌈

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: Labor Celebrates PRIDE 
  • Last Call – Spring Membership Drive Ends June 30th
  • Member Spotlight: LP
  • Next Local 47 Coffee Time Member Mingle: Friday, June 21
  • Action Alert: Protect Arts Funding in California
  • Book Review: “Union Divided: Black Musicians’ Fight for Labor Equality”
  • #WhyUnion? Share Your Answer
  • Motion Picture/TV Film: Important Dates for 2024
  • Organizing Updates
and more!
 

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Motion Picture/TV Film: Important Dates for 2024

April 28: 5% Wage Increase Effective under Motion Picture/TV Film Successor Memorandum of Agreement (“MOU”).

May 1: Effective Date of Successor MOU. For “grandfathered” streaming shows, if principal photography of the first episode of the season commences on or after May 1, 2024, grandfathering of old wage rates no longer applies (“grandfathering,” as provided for in Paragraph F(1) of the Sideletter re: Productions Made for New Media, is eliminated).

June 1: For “High Budget SVOD Programs” (as defined in Paragraph F of the Sideletter re: Productions Made for New Media), when the initial date of recording music soundtrack is on or after June 1, 2024, new residual payments provisions in Paragraph G(2)(a) of the Sideletter re: Productions Made for New Media are effective.

July 1: Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund annual distribution date.

Loan-out Corporations

AFM Local 47 is aware of the current situation with the California Employment Development Department (EDD) regarding the use of loan-out corporations in the entertainment industry.

As noted in today’s Los Angeles Times, the entertainment community has serious concerns.

Local 47 has been in close communication with our fellow entertainment unions, and will continue to closely monitor the situation and keep our members informed.

If you have any questions, please contact the President’s Office at 323.993.3181.

Urgent Notice re: Deadline Sound & Screen Television Concert 6/7/2024

NOTICE: AS OF THIS WRITING, THERE IS NO AFM CONTRACT FOR THE FOLLOWING ENGAGEMENT:

Deadline Sound & Screen Television Concert
Friday, June 7, 2024
Royce Hall, UCLA

If you accept this engagement and your wages are not paid, or are paid incorrectly, THE AFM AND LOCAL 47 CANNOT ASSIST YOU.

If you have any questions, please contact the Local 47 Live Performance Department at 323.993.3156 or Office of the President at 323.993.3181.