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September 2025 Overture Online

September 2025 Overture Online: The Power of Song in the Labor Movement

Inside This Issue:
  • Cover Story – SOLIDARITY FOREVER: The Power of Song in the Labor Movement
  • AFM Local 47 2025 General Election: Nominating Petitions Due Sept. 15
  • Member Spotlight: Andy García
  • An Update on High-Budget SVOD/’Streaming’ Residuals
  • 2024 Audit Report Now Available
  • Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month: Latinos in Music
  • Action Alert: Dodgers Tour Guides Deserve Fair Wages & Benefits
  • EUC Thanks Legislators for Keeping California Rolling
  • Voices of Libertad: A Campaign for Immigrant Justice Through Art 
  • Travel More, Spend Less: Union Member Travel Perks — Exclusive Hotel Savings
  • Final Note: Joe Soldo
  • Audition Notice: Modesto Symphony Orchestra
  • and more!


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Solidarity Forever! AFM Local 47 in the labor movement

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AFM Local 47 Overture archives

This Labor History Month we celebrate our connection to the greater labor movement

by Linda A. Rapka

From working together in unity with fellow labor unions, to rallying in solidarity with our sisters and brothers on picket lines and protests, AFM Local 47 has a long and rich history among and within the labor movement. To commemorate Labor History Month, we reflect on these ties by taking a journey back more than 70 years to the 1940s, when the Los Angeles musicians union was involved in a flurry of labor activity. Continue reading