March finds our union at a critical crossroads, balancing the intense technical work of contract negotiations with the moral imperative to protect our members’ safety. While our instruments are our primary tools, our collective voice as a union remains our most essential asset during times of industrywide transition and social unrest. Our core mission of […]

If you experience most of life today through your phone or your computer as I do, you will inevitably come across hackers, scammers, phishers, ID thieves, ransomware demands, sneaky links, malicious sites, and the like. I am pretty careful about all of these web-dwelling hazards. For my personal accounts, I signed up for Malwarebytes’ free […]

Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that to every action there is always opposed an equal reaction, or the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and directed to contrary parts. While Newton used this law to explain physical forces, it has been adopted to describe the balance of […]

Since the last AFM Convention in 2023, the leadership team of the AFM has been working diligently to bring our union up to a new level of solidarity, efficiency, and accessibility. Times have changed, and so have we. Our organizing and engagement efforts are increasing exponentially, and despite the difficult political climate, we have been […]

As a proud DC resident, it is my privilege to work with the world-class musicians in the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO). It is worth noting at the outset, because there has been some confusion and misinformation, both orchestras continue to call the Kennedy Center home. In my earliest […]

by Allen Fogle, International President, Recording Musicians Association and member of Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA) I came up as a recording musician in an industry powered by our labor and creativity. Like many of you, I learned early that talent and professionalism are only part of what sustains a career. What ultimately makes the […]