Category: Newsletter

Insurance Plans Available Again The AFM has new group insurance plans available to members. Under a new agreement with HUB/Insureon, members will have access to instrument insurance, liability insurance, and other policies similar to what used to be available under the canceled agreement with Mercer/AMBA. For information, please see https://www.afm.org/insurance-products/ Director Reskin Stepping Down Director READ MORE

Maintaining the Symphonic Legacyby Nathan Kahn, Negotiator, AFM Symphonic Services A few years ago, musicians crossed an AFM picket line to replace striking Atlanta Ballet musicians. When this happens, there is the expected outcry of “how could these people do this; don’t they know any better?” We then begin to ask ourselves what more can READ MORE

Eight hundred warehouse workers in Toronto are the first Walmart employees to be represented by a union. They began organizing a year ago, over issues including low pay, pressure to work dangerously fast, workplace accidents, and high indoor temperatures. Boeing machinists have ended a 53-day strike with a new contract that raises wages 38 percent. READ MORE

70 percent of Cuyahoga County (OH) voters approved increasing cigarette taxes to support the arts in the recent election. A 30-cent per pack tax was about to expire and voters approved increasing the tax to 70-cents per pack and extending the tax to 2035. Since 2007 this tax has raised nearly $250 million in support READ MORE

New, Reinstated, and Resigned members for November 2024: New Members: Reinstated Members: Resigned Members: none Deceased Members: none

At the October 29, 2024 membership meeting, members voted to adopt the proposed amendments to the wage scales. The increases will take effect on June 1, 2025, June 1 2026, and June 1, 2027. An updated wage scale booklet will be available shortly, as will an updated wage scale chart on the website. Please contact READ MORE