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Healthy California: SB 562 Labor Forum
Healthy CA: SB 562 Labor Forum
When: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 details 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Musicians Local 47 (3220 Winona Ave., Burbank)
Refreshments provided
Panel discussion with:
- John Acosta, President of AFM Musicians Local 47
- Michael Lighty, Policy Director for California Nurses Association
- Leslie Simon, Co-Chair of Labor United for Universal Healthcare
- Dave Campbell, Secretary-Treasurer of Steelworkers USW Local 675
Musicians of the 90th Annual Academy Awards
Gallery photos by Rick Baptist
From composition and music preparation to the scoring stage, musicians bring the heart and soul to motion pictures.
Congratulations to the winners and nominees in the 90th annual Academy Awards featuring music created by AFM Local 47 musicians, and to the incredible house band and music prep team! Continue reading
Musicians Unions in Argentina, USA Announce Partnership
AFM Local 47 members traveling in Argentina will now be able to count on union support and services from the Argentine musicians union, Sindicato Argentino de Músicos (SADEM).
Likewise, Argentine musicians affiliated with SADEM who work in the jurisdiction of Local 47 can count on support from AFM Local 47. Continue reading
‘Allegiance’ Musical Goes AFM
We are pleased to report a recent organizing win in signing a new agreement with the East West Players for the production of “Allegiance,” a new musical running in Little Tokyo starring George Takei.
This victory came as the result of direct action by Asian-American musicians at Local 47 who felt passionately about ensuring that this project go union. The musical addresses the hardships and discrimination against Japanese Americans during WWII, when thousands of Americans were put into internment camps.
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International Women’s Day 2018
Happy International Women’s Day! We honor & celebrate women in music whose artistry moves, encourages, and inspires.
AFM Local 47 Executive Board Endorses Gavin Newsom for Governor
The American Federation of Musicians Local 47 Executive Board is proud to endorse Gavin Newsom for Governor of California.
Newsom earned a respectable track record as a supporter of working people during his two consecutive terms as mayor of San Francisco by guiding the city into economic stability by creating and enforcing progressive policies pushing for civil rights, environmental protections, and job creation. Continue reading
March 2018 Overture Online: Nevertheless She Persisted
Overture Online
March 2018
Nevertheless She Persisted
National Women’s History Project honors women who fight all forms of discrimination
Women’s March 2018
Musicians Join Thousands at
Los Angeles Women’s March 2018
You’re Invited!
Save the Date for our Grand Opening event May 21
Keeping the Score in CA Update
Musicians visiting legislators to promote a music-scoring tax credit
and more!
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Keeping the Score in CA: Tax Credit Committee Update
Musicians Chris Anderson-Bazzoli and Blake Cooper with Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo at a recent legislative visit in support of a California music-scoring tax credit.
Last year we had a bill, AB 1300 (Calderon), which was narrowly focused on modifying the existing Tax Credit Program to include a music-scoring tax credit.
This year, a new bill, AB 1734 (Calderon), aims to renew the entire Film and TV Tax Credit Program. We are working with Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon on how to include language in the overall renewal that will address the loss of jobs in the scoring industry. Continue reading
Save the Date: Local 47 Grand Opening Event May 21, 2018
Save the Date!
Please join us at our Grand Opening celebration to commemorate our new Burbank headquarters on the evening of Monday, May 21, 2018, from 5-8 p.m.
To learn about sponsorship opportunities, please email Karen Godgart at kgodgart@afm.org.