AFM Local 47 was proud to co-host MAY DAY 2019 and join thousands of union members, immigrant-rights advocates and community activists to march through downtown Los Angeles in an annual May Day procession in support of worker rights and immigrant freedom. Continue reading
AFM Local 47 is proud to co-sponsor this year’s May Day rally with live musical performers, Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea!
Overture Online
May 2018
Spring Membership Drive
Why it pays to be union
May Day March
Join us on May 1 to commemorate International Workers’ Day
Grand Opening Celebration
Come party with us May 21 at our new Burbank headquarters!
Musicians Helping Musicians
Get to know about our assistance programs and advocacy funds
and more!
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Overture Online
June 2017
Cover Story:
Thousands Take to Streets for MAY DAY MARCH Los Angeles
Also in this issue:
AB 1300: Let’s Bring More Music-Scoring Jobs to CA!
New tax credit bill promises to lure back out-of-state and low-budget film and TV productions
Musicians Stand Up Against Poverty Wages
Instrumental Casting, Shahkar called out for exploiting non-union musicians
Next Steps for Healthy CA
Universal Healthcare bill SB 562 heads to Senate floor
and more!
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Overture Online is optimized for reading via smartphone or tablet. For those without access to a smart device, this issue may be viewed on a web browser. Local 47 members may download archived pdf versions from the members section at afm47.org.
AFM Local 47 musicians, WGA-West writers, and Healthy California coalition members marched with tens of thousands of Angelenos on May Day 2017 on a three-mile course from MacArthur Park to City Hall.
View our May Day photo gallery on Flickr
Musicians marched on Monday in record numbers. Our community of politically-engaged musicians has grown larger than ever before, with nearly 50 musicians making the long march in the hot sun yesterday.
Tony Jones, Jeff Fish and Bryan Head led the drumline at the May Day March Los Angeles 2017. View our May Day YouTube playlist. Continue reading
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Overture Online
May 2016
“The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today.”
– Haymarket Monument
May Day: Celebrating International Workers’ Day
New Agreement Reached With Amazon’s ‘Transparent’
After AFM members protest against unfair treatment, producers at Picrow agree to hold musicians to fair industry standard
Prince Was a Champion for Working People
A look at the legendary artist’s career-spanning fights on behalf of working people
The Best Kept Secret for Musicians
The Actors Fund provides free services and workshops for EVERYONE in entertainment
and more!
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Let’s bring the nation’s Labor Beat back!
A message from Workers Independent News:
For decades, the “labor beat” has been steadily disappearing from mainstream media sources. A systematic, and some would argue, intentional reduction in the perceived importance of the working class has created an environment of dismissal and even disdain for workers, as they are blamed repeatedly for America’s fiscal woes. Continue reading
