The 2018-2019 season opened September 24 with a new production of Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila. The Metropolitan Opera reached a labor agreement with its orchestra musicians in August, allowing the company’s season to start on schedule at the end of September. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Ratifies New Agreement Your membership card will be your key to participation in governing your union, keeping it responsive to your needs and enabling it to serve you better. As a member, you will determine these directions through your interest and involvement. Like the industry, the AFM is also changing and evolving, and its policies and programs will move in new directions dictated by its members. We find strength in adversity, and when the going gets tough, we get creative - all on your behalf. The AFM has a proud history of managing change rather than being victimized by it. The AFM can negotiate agreements and administer contracts, procure valuable benefits and achieve legislative goals. Experience has proven that collective activity on behalf of individuals with similar interests is the most effective way to achieve a goal. And now there are more benefits available to AFM members than ever before, including a multi-million dollar pension fund, excellent contract protection, instrument and travelers insurance, work referral programs and access to licensed booking agents to keep you working.Īs an AFM member, you are part of a membership of more than 80,000 musicians. From ragtime to rap, from the early phonograph to today's digital recordings, the AFM has been there for its members. Now is the right time to become an American Federation of Musicians member.
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