Learn About the AFM-EPF Pension Fund The Pension Fund has a new portal to help you find answers to most of your questions. Want to know how the Fund works? How to designate a beneficiary? What to do if you get divorced? How to plan for retirement or how to collect your benefit? The portal READ MORE
That Union Thing
IATSE has reached an agreement with the AMPTP. Following the lead of actors, writers, and musicians, their new agreement offers protection from the use of artificial intelligence. It also includes pay raises of seven percent in the first year, four percent in the second, and 3.5 percent in the final year. SAG-AFTRA has filed an READ MORE
Local and Industry News
Miami Music Project’s Teaching Artists Training Institute (TATI) has received a $1.3 million grant from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation. TATI is in its fourth year providing virtual training, in-person workshops, and intensive learning retreats to further education opportunities for its teaching artists. To date, 350 music educators have been engaged by TATI. Broadway READ MORE
Membership Roster Changes
New, Reinstated, and Resigned members for June 2024: New Members: none Reinstated Members: Resigned Members: none Deceased Members: none
Official Business
Just a reminder that wage scales increased on June 1. For the current rates, please visit http://www.afm655.org/members/wagescale.php
Last Month at the Local
MPTF has just announced that Local 655 has a grant allocation of over $12,000 for the current year. If you have ideas for concerts that are free and open to the public, please let us know! Since the grants have been underutilized in the past few years, President Hawley and Secretary-Treasurer Apana met with Phillip READ MORE