Tell Congress:
PROTECT MY PENSION!

Is your AFM pension important to you? If you answered "yes," please read on:

Earlier this year Congress established a bipartisan Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans. This Committee is tasked with producing legislation by Nov. 30, 2018 to address the dire solvency issues facing over 100 multiemployer pension funds across the U.S., including the AFM-EPF.

This Joint Select Committee represents the best chance yet to pass legislation that helps our Fund and protects your benefits and retirement security. However, proposed changes to the Butch Lewis Act would prevent the AFM-EPF and many other multiemployer pension funds from accessing the bill’s loan program.

The good news: There is still time to make our voices heard.

In their meetings with AFM-EPF Trustees, members of the Joint Select Committee universally stated that no legislative approach has been finalized, and there is still time for more ideas about fully and fairly addressing the crisis—and for more negotiation to attempt to reach a consensus.

However, it is still far from certain whether any proposed solution will garner sufficient bipartisan support in the Committee, let alone both houses of Congress.

There are just 21 days until the Joint Select Committee’s Nov. 30 deadline. Make your voice heard at this critical juncture:

CALL YOUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS

Phone calls are a powerful way to go above and beyond to make our needs heard. To find your local Congressional representatives, call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121

Download Talking Points here

Click here to email Congress

Looking to get even more involved? Click here to join our 47 STRONG: PENSION ACTION NETWORK and sign up for 47 Strong alerts to learn how you can become a leader in this pursuit.

ASMAC Turns 80!

Join the celebration on Nov. 18

This year marks the 80th Anniversary of the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers. To celebrate, a festive concert and fundraising event spotlighting the music and accomplishments of ASMAC and its talented members will take place on Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles.

The program begins at 2 p.m. with a reception, followed by the program and concert honoring multi Grammy Award winning music producer, songwriter and composer Walter Afanasieff with the President’s Award. Walter won his first Grammy for Record of the Year in 1999 producing “My Heart will Go On” sung by Celine Dion.

The event will include additional featured guests, performers, videos and tributes focusing on ASMAC arrangers, composers, orchestrators and Golden Score Awardees throughout the years. Learn more about the additional performers here.

Tickets are available from the ASMAC office at 818-994-4661 or asmac.org.

Labor: A Driving Force in This Election

The labor movement helped elect a wave of union members and pro-worker allies across the country this week. We proved that if you support working people, we’ll have your back. And we sent a resounding message to every candidate and elected official that if you seek to divide and destroy us, we’ll fight back with everything we have.

Additional notable highlights of the midterms were the record number of women elected, giving us our first Native American and Muslim female representatives. (Read more about all the history-making firsts in the 2018 midterms here.)

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and AFL-CIO Mobilization Director Julie Greene spoke to the press early Wednesday morning. Check out what they had to say about this victory for working people by viewing the video below:

Is Your Directory Info Current?

Be sure your contact information is up to date in the upcoming 2019 Member Directory Book. Please visit afm47.org/directory to submit any changes to your profile.

The deadline for submissions has been extended to Nov. 15, 2018.

You may also call 323.462.2161 to review your information on file.

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Thank You, DW Drums Founder Don Lombardi!

In recognition of DW Drums founder Don Lombardi's generous instrument donation to our rehearsal rooms, we were honored to welcome Don at a special ceremony on October 2.

Local 47 officers, members and staff were present to unveil the commemorative plaque currently on display outside of Room 3, now named in his honor.

Live Performance Contract Seminar

All members are invited to join AFM Local 47 officers & Live Performance reps for a free seminar to learn:

How to identify the proper contract for your engagement
Step-by-step presentation on how to fill out union forms
Additional resources available from the union

Open to all members in good standing.

Register on Eventbrite