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
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
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. 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.
Open to all Local 47 members in good standing
On the Agenda (subject to change):
– Presentation of 50-Year Pins
– Voting on Resolution to Amend the Bylaws
– Officer Reports
– Old and New Business Continue reading
Financial assistance is available for AFM musicians who have suffered major losses as a result of Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters.
Download the AFM Hurricane Relief Fund Application here.
Download the AFM Emergency Relief Fund Application here.
Additional emergency assistance is also available from the Entertainment Community Fund.
To donate to the AFM Emergency Relief Fund, click here.
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Help elect George Whitesides (D) to lead CA District 27! His opponent, incumbent Mike Garcia (R), is an anti-labor politician who voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 which helped save our AFM Pension Fund, and against the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package that aided millions of Americans during the pandemic. CA-27 needs a voice for working people in Congress, and that’s up to us to elect George Whitesides this Nov. 5.
Virtual Phone Banking Schedule:
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.
Canvassing Schedule:
Saturday, October 12, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 26, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 2, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. (GOTV weekend)
Tuesday, November 5 – 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. (Election Day)
Further details including instructions & locations to be provided upon registration.
Join the LA Fed in solidarity with our union brothers, sisters and siblings in Nevada as we support in phone banking for union-endorsed candidates. Nevada is a historic battleground state for the Presidential election and we need all hands on deck!
Zoom Phone Banking Schedule:
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5-7 p.m.
Life Member. Composer
7/1/1952 – 4/25/2024
by Adriana Zoppo
Friend and colleague Edgardo Simone has died at the age of 71 from complications of a brain hemorrhage. Though he played the bass, his gift and talent was in orchestration. A high school dropout, he earned two Masters Degrees within nine months from the University of Oregon, which named him a Distinguished Alumnus in 2007. Both Eastman School of Music and Harvard University offered him scholarships to pursue a Doctorate, but he decided to try Hollywood instead.
His career started ghostwriting for Ernest Gold and other well known film and television composers in the 1980s. Then in 1995, Edgardo met composers Steve Bartek and Danny Elfman, which led to an orchestration collaboration lasting 30 years. The films “Big Fish,” “Spider-Man,” “Men in Black,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Mission Impossible,” “Milk,” “To Die For,” “Corpse Bride,” “American Hustle,” and “Dolores Claiborne” are among the films for which Edgardo contributed orchestrations. He was awarded the American Music Center National Endowment for the Arts Grant, the Young Composers Award from the National Association of Composers, and a BMI Composition Award.
Despite his success, Edgardo was an unpretentious person with a laid back personality who was modest about his accomplishments. The enthusiasm with which he pursued music and other subjects and the vast amount of information he knew about them made him interesting and fun to be around, yet he was never bombastic and had a wry and often sardonic sense of humor. Music was a big part of his life but he was also an animal lover, especially of exotic species, and he knew enough about architecture, electrical work, plumbing and woodwork to restore himself the historic house he and wife Jean lived in. He was also very interested in visual art, not surprising as he was from an artistic family. His father owned an art gallery and his grandfather and namesake was a well-known sculptor during the first half of the twentieth century who was married to the American composer Radie Britain. Edgardo enjoyed food with the same enthusiasm he brought to everything that interested him, and he usually had a current favorite restaurant or food item he wanted to share.
Always engaging his mind and never able to just sit and do nothing, despite his failing health he played the bass and worked on music projects until the end. The world will be a little less bright without his extraordinary presence. He is survived by his wife Jean; siblings Steven Simone, Nan Simonsen and Marina Simone; stepsons Timothy (Katy) and Jonathan Rath; grandsons Holden, Atticus and Milan Rath; and nephew Miles Simone.
The family welcomes all who knew John or knew of him.
November 9, 2024
1 – 3:30 p.m.
Granite Creek Community Church
1580 N. Claremont Blvd.
Claremont CA 91711
If anyone has any questions, please contact: Evan Moritani
626-712-8503
Evan.Moritani@gmail.com