Month: March 2025

Annual statements of dues paid last year (for tax purposes) were mailed in February. If you have requested a statement in the past, you will automatically receive a copy this year. If you have not received a statement in the past but would like one, please contact the office. If you have not yet paid READ MORE

Musicians of Broadway Across America voted in favor of ratifying a new five-year agreement. Wages will rise 18 percent in the first year and six percent in the second year. In the third year wages will rise one percent and doubling will increase by five percent for the first and second doubles, to 20 and READ MORE

TEMPO: Our Legislative Action Fund The AFM’s Office of Government Relations in Washington DC, is the nerve-center of the union’s grassroots and congressional outreach efforts. The Office advocates for policies and legislation that will improve the lives of professional musicians. Paramount to these efforts are keeping the AFM membership informed on key developments and asking READ MORE

President Trump has fired the National Labor Relations Board General Counsel as well as Democratic board member Gwynne Wilcox. The board no longer has a quorum and is therefore unable to function. Trump also fired two Democratic commissioners at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. No reasons were given for the firings. Wilcox is fighting the READ MORE

Attendance at Live Nation events rose four percent last year, with 151 million people attending 55,000 events. Live Nation revenue also rose three percent last year, to over $23 billion. Florida state legislators are reviewing last year’s budget vetoes by Governor DeSantis, including the zeroing out of $32 million in arts funding. Some representatives have READ MORE

New, Reinstated, and Resigned members for February 2025: New Members: Reinstated Members: Resigned Members: Deceased Members: none