{"id":3274,"date":"2017-01-21T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T16:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afm47.org\/press\/?p=3274"},"modified":"2017-03-15T22:41:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:41:34","slug":"musicians-unite-at-womens-march-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afm47.org\/press\/musicians-unite-at-womens-march-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Musicians, labor unite at Women’s March Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Musicians marched alongside hundreds of thousands of fellow union members, community activists, and supporters in the Women’s March Los Angeles<\/a>\u00a0Saturday, January 21, 2017.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles demonstration \u2014 one of dozens of sister events throughout the nation and around the world held in tandem with the Women\u2019s March on Washington, D.C. \u2014 centered around support not only for women’s rights, but for civil liberties, worker rights, healthcare, human dignity, and free speech. Event organizers stressed that the marches were not just for women or women\u2019s issues but about issues with direct impacts on all citizens, and to show solidarity with those most at-risk under the current administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t not<\/em> be here today,\u201d said Dale Breidenthal, second violinist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. \u201cWe need to stand up for common decency for all humans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Led by a three-piece drumline, dozens of members of the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 marched alongside thousands of peaceful demonstrators from Pershing Square to City Hall. Musicians were joined by fellow union members and allies from the Writer\u2019s Guild Association West, California Faculty Association from Long Beach State, Art Directors Guild I.A.T.S.E. 800, Campaign for Healthy California, Jewish Labor Committee Western Region and others.<\/p>\n