Americans Federation of Musicians of the US & Canada
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The AFM represents professional musicians playing in orchestras, bands, clubs, and theater—both on Broadway and on tour. AFM members make music for film, television, commercials, and sound recordings.
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We hold in our hearts those who've been have lost to anti-trans bigotry and violence.
🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 #TDOR
🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 #TDOR
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We hold in our hearts those who've been have lost to anti-trans bigotry and violence.
🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 #TDOR
🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 #TDOR
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The show goes on! Congratulations, @afm-union.bsky.social variety.com/2025/legit/n...
Broadway Strike Averted as Musicians Reach Tentative Deal on New Contract
Broadway musicians have a tentative agreement on a new contract, averting a strike.
variety.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The show goes on! Congratulations, @afm-union.bsky.social variety.com/2025/legit/n...
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We are the union actors, dancers, singers, musicians, stage managers, and behind-the-scenes workers who earn a living at the Kennedy Center. We are proud members of @actorsequity.bsky.social, @afm-union.bsky.social, @weareagma.bsky.social, and @iatse.bsky.social.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We are the union actors, dancers, singers, musicians, stage managers, and behind-the-scenes workers who earn a living at the Kennedy Center. We are proud members of @actorsequity.bsky.social, @afm-union.bsky.social, @weareagma.bsky.social, and @iatse.bsky.social.
AFM Offices will be closed Monday, October 13th for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Columbus Day, & Canadian Thanksgiving. Enjoy the holiday! 🍂🍁🦃
October 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
AFM Offices will be closed Monday, October 13th for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Columbus Day, & Canadian Thanksgiving. Enjoy the holiday! 🍂🍁🦃
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These unsustainable workplace conditions are breaking the bodies of Broadway workers and threatening our members’ access to health insurance.
Tell The Broadway League that you support our members who make Broadway possible!
@afm-union.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Tell The Broadway League that you support our members who make Broadway possible!
@afm-union.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stand United for a Healthier Broadway
If you love going to the theatre, then you're familiar with the "the
show must go on" mentality that has persisted within the theatre
industry. For generations, that phrase has been a plucky,
pull-...
actionnetwork.org
October 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
These unsustainable workplace conditions are breaking the bodies of Broadway workers and threatening our members’ access to health insurance.
Tell The Broadway League that you support our members who make Broadway possible!
@afm-union.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Tell The Broadway League that you support our members who make Broadway possible!
@afm-union.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Newport Symphony goes union nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/newp... @afm-union.bsky.social
Newport Symphony goes union
The symphony’s board granted voluntary recognition in July, pending a check of signed union authorization cards that was completed in August.
nwlaborpress.org
September 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Newport Symphony goes union nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/newp... @afm-union.bsky.social
Labor Day is a reminder that we owe our rights and protections to the labor unions who fought for them. Happy holiday!
September 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Labor Day is a reminder that we owe our rights and protections to the labor unions who fought for them. Happy holiday!
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The House Appropriations Committee meets Tuesday to finalize the FY26 spending bill for Interior, Environment + Related Agencies.
With Republicans in control, everything from clean air protections to national parks funding is at risk.
They're also aiding Trump's assault on the arts and humanities.
With Republicans in control, everything from clean air protections to national parks funding is at risk.
They're also aiding Trump's assault on the arts and humanities.
July 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The House Appropriations Committee meets Tuesday to finalize the FY26 spending bill for Interior, Environment + Related Agencies.
With Republicans in control, everything from clean air protections to national parks funding is at risk.
They're also aiding Trump's assault on the arts and humanities.
With Republicans in control, everything from clean air protections to national parks funding is at risk.
They're also aiding Trump's assault on the arts and humanities.
Congress voted to harm professional musicians and working people across the United States. The AFM stands firmly in opposition to these draconian cuts. Our union will continue to work to ensure all musicians may live and work in dignity with affordable access to healthcare.
AFM Condemns Congressional Cuts
Congress just voted to harm professional musicians and working people across the United States. The American Federation of Musicians stands firmly in opposition to these draconian cuts.
www.afm.org
July 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Congress voted to harm professional musicians and working people across the United States. The AFM stands firmly in opposition to these draconian cuts. Our union will continue to work to ensure all musicians may live and work in dignity with affordable access to healthcare.
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U.S. leadership in global creativity stems from established and strong #copyright law, which can and should remain strong as #AI tech grows. Sign onto our letters to elected officials to keep creators, their works, and their livelihoods protected! copyrightalliance.org/get-involved...
June 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
U.S. leadership in global creativity stems from established and strong #copyright law, which can and should remain strong as #AI tech grows. Sign onto our letters to elected officials to keep creators, their works, and their livelihoods protected! copyrightalliance.org/get-involved...
Wishing the LGBTQIA+ community a joyful and safe Pride Month.🏳️🌈
June 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Wishing the LGBTQIA+ community a joyful and safe Pride Month.🏳️🌈
The notion that federal funding for the arts, humanities, or public media is a financial burden for working Americans is plainly wrong. Contact your Representative today to ask that they join the group of House members supporting increased NEA & NEH funding in FY26. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Your Members of Congress to Support Increased Federal Arts Funding for FY25
Congress is already making decisions about next year’s funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and it needs to hear from you! We can...
actionnetwork.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The notion that federal funding for the arts, humanities, or public media is a financial burden for working Americans is plainly wrong. Contact your Representative today to ask that they join the group of House members supporting increased NEA & NEH funding in FY26. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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To everyone who cares about the fundamental freedom of all workers, now is the time to be even louder.
Call Congress and tell them to support the Protect America’s Workforce Act to reverse Trump’s union-busting executive order! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
Call Congress and tell them to support the Protect America’s Workforce Act to reverse Trump’s union-busting executive order! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
April 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
To everyone who cares about the fundamental freedom of all workers, now is the time to be even louder.
Call Congress and tell them to support the Protect America’s Workforce Act to reverse Trump’s union-busting executive order! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
Call Congress and tell them to support the Protect America’s Workforce Act to reverse Trump’s union-busting executive order! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
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Tomorrow, letter carriers across the country are rising up to say: Hands off the USPS!
Find an event near you with @lettercarriers.bsky.social as they rally to protect good union jobs and the public Postal Service we all rely on. This is how we #FightLikeHell.
Find an event near you with @lettercarriers.bsky.social as they rally to protect good union jobs and the public Postal Service we all rely on. This is how we #FightLikeHell.
Fight Like Hell!
The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is the national labor union of city delivery letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service.
www.nalc.org
March 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Tomorrow, letter carriers across the country are rising up to say: Hands off the USPS!
Find an event near you with @lettercarriers.bsky.social as they rally to protect good union jobs and the public Postal Service we all rely on. This is how we #FightLikeHell.
Find an event near you with @lettercarriers.bsky.social as they rally to protect good union jobs and the public Postal Service we all rely on. This is how we #FightLikeHell.
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On March 23, we’re putting this fight on the MAP! Join letter carriers across the nation as we #fightlikehell for the universal service Americans rely on.
📢 We’re delivering our message, loud & clear: #HELLNO to dismantling USPS!
Find your local rally ➡️ nalc.org/march23
📢 We’re delivering our message, loud & clear: #HELLNO to dismantling USPS!
Find your local rally ➡️ nalc.org/march23
March 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
On March 23, we’re putting this fight on the MAP! Join letter carriers across the nation as we #fightlikehell for the universal service Americans rely on.
📢 We’re delivering our message, loud & clear: #HELLNO to dismantling USPS!
Find your local rally ➡️ nalc.org/march23
📢 We’re delivering our message, loud & clear: #HELLNO to dismantling USPS!
Find your local rally ➡️ nalc.org/march23
AFM President Gagliardi celebrated the Feast of St. Joseph with NYS Governor Kathy Hochul. New York musicians are fortunate to have such a strong advocate in Albany, and we look forward to working with her to protect the interests and livelihoods of working musicians across our great state.
March 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
AFM President Gagliardi celebrated the Feast of St. Joseph with NYS Governor Kathy Hochul. New York musicians are fortunate to have such a strong advocate in Albany, and we look forward to working with her to protect the interests and livelihoods of working musicians across our great state.
Show your support for the musicians—and the approximately 1000 students who had applied to attend EMF this summer but will now have to look elsewhere for summer instruction—by clicking this link and adding your name to the musicians’ open letter. www.emffacultyartists.com
EMF FACULTY ARTISTS
www.emffacultyartists.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Show your support for the musicians—and the approximately 1000 students who had applied to attend EMF this summer but will now have to look elsewhere for summer instruction—by clicking this link and adding your name to the musicians’ open letter. www.emffacultyartists.com
News of the Trump Administration’s misguided trade war must remind us of our values and our mission. All musicians have the right to live and work in dignity.....
March 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
News of the Trump Administration’s misguided trade war must remind us of our values and our mission. All musicians have the right to live and work in dignity.....
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With the @keepcaliforniarolling Entertainment Union Coalition in Sacramento. Invest in our jobs and our communities! @afm-union.bsky.social @afmlocal47.bsky.social and Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli
March 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
With the @keepcaliforniarolling Entertainment Union Coalition in Sacramento. Invest in our jobs and our communities! @afm-union.bsky.social @afmlocal47.bsky.social and Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli
AFM Statement on Unlawful NLRB Firing
President Trump has violated the National Labor Relations Act and left the NLRB without the ability to function. In doing so, he has favored bad employers’ ability to exploit employees over the rights of working people.
President Trump has violated the National Labor Relations Act and left the NLRB without the ability to function. In doing so, he has favored bad employers’ ability to exploit employees over the rights of working people.
February 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
AFM Statement on Unlawful NLRB Firing
President Trump has violated the National Labor Relations Act and left the NLRB without the ability to function. In doing so, he has favored bad employers’ ability to exploit employees over the rights of working people.
President Trump has violated the National Labor Relations Act and left the NLRB without the ability to function. In doing so, he has favored bad employers’ ability to exploit employees over the rights of working people.
Solidarity Across Borders, AFM Stands United
The AFM is proud to be a union that includes members in both Canada and the United States. Our strength is the solidarity between our two countries. We stand in opposition to any actions, whether from the US government or elsewhere, intended to divide us.
The AFM is proud to be a union that includes members in both Canada and the United States. Our strength is the solidarity between our two countries. We stand in opposition to any actions, whether from the US government or elsewhere, intended to divide us.
February 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Solidarity Across Borders, AFM Stands United
The AFM is proud to be a union that includes members in both Canada and the United States. Our strength is the solidarity between our two countries. We stand in opposition to any actions, whether from the US government or elsewhere, intended to divide us.
The AFM is proud to be a union that includes members in both Canada and the United States. Our strength is the solidarity between our two countries. We stand in opposition to any actions, whether from the US government or elsewhere, intended to divide us.
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The American Federation of Musicians of the United States & Canada, AFL-CIO seeks a Contract Administrator – Electronic Media Services Division to be based in New York City, NY. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?id=28051 #1u #UnionStrong @afm-union.bsky.social
January 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The American Federation of Musicians of the United States & Canada, AFL-CIO seeks a Contract Administrator – Electronic Media Services Division to be based in New York City, NY. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?id=28051 #1u #UnionStrong @afm-union.bsky.social
Thank you, @VernBuchanan and @RepJudyChu, for reintroducing the Performing Arts Tax Parity Act (PAPTA) to restore the ability of performing artists to deduct their ordinary and necessary unreimbursed business expenses.
buchanan.house.gov/2025/1/bucha...
buchanan.house.gov/2025/1/bucha...
Buchanan, Chu Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help Struggling Actors and Performers
buchanan.house.gov
January 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Thank you, @VernBuchanan and @RepJudyChu, for reintroducing the Performing Arts Tax Parity Act (PAPTA) to restore the ability of performing artists to deduct their ordinary and necessary unreimbursed business expenses.
buchanan.house.gov/2025/1/bucha...
buchanan.house.gov/2025/1/bucha...
On your way to NAMM?
Visit the AFM Booth (#7806) with representatives from Local 7 (Orange County, CA) and Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA). Current AFM members can pick up a gold lapel pin.
Visit the AFM Booth (#7806) with representatives from Local 7 (Orange County, CA) and Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA). Current AFM members can pick up a gold lapel pin.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
On your way to NAMM?
Visit the AFM Booth (#7806) with representatives from Local 7 (Orange County, CA) and Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA). Current AFM members can pick up a gold lapel pin.
Visit the AFM Booth (#7806) with representatives from Local 7 (Orange County, CA) and Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA). Current AFM members can pick up a gold lapel pin.
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Good jobs lead to sustainable careers in the arts. Check out
DOL's guest post on NEA's blog spotlighting the PTC, where @afm-union.bsky.social, @actorsequity.bsky.social, @iatse.bsky.social, & SDC members have negotiated for pay & policies to promote sustainable careers www.arts.gov/stories/blog...
DOL's guest post on NEA's blog spotlighting the PTC, where @afm-union.bsky.social, @actorsequity.bsky.social, @iatse.bsky.social, & SDC members have negotiated for pay & policies to promote sustainable careers www.arts.gov/stories/blog...
Bringing Good Jobs to the Arts: Strategies for Creating Better Art by Creating Better Working Conditions for Artists
This guest post looks at strategies for creating better working environments for artists.
www.arts.gov
January 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Good jobs lead to sustainable careers in the arts. Check out
DOL's guest post on NEA's blog spotlighting the PTC, where @afm-union.bsky.social, @actorsequity.bsky.social, @iatse.bsky.social, & SDC members have negotiated for pay & policies to promote sustainable careers www.arts.gov/stories/blog...
DOL's guest post on NEA's blog spotlighting the PTC, where @afm-union.bsky.social, @actorsequity.bsky.social, @iatse.bsky.social, & SDC members have negotiated for pay & policies to promote sustainable careers www.arts.gov/stories/blog...