Teachers at Ethos Music Center have a union election coming up to decide whether to join Local 99! They need your help. Sign the support letter to tell Ethos teachers you support their right to bargain! forms.gle/vUFzXnoZxPQcMa…

Want union wages for free live gigs? Want the record industry to pay for it? Contact Local 99 today!

VICTORY! More details on the tentative agreement...local802afm.org/allegro/articl… AFM Fair Share For Musicians AFM Eric Koch METOrchMusicians DCINY Orchestra Musicians

The American Federation of Musicians reaches a deal with film studios. The new agreement, which regards the use of music on streaming platforms and the misuse of AI, has been described as a 'Watershed Moment for Artists' theviolinchannel.com/american-feder… The Violin Channel AFM

Please join us in welcoming the staff of American Federation of Musicians Union Local 99 (Musicians Union Local 99) to ILWU Local 5, and congratulate them on their swift voluntary recognition! 👏👏👏

Support the Arts!

Funding for the arts, totaling $25M, hang in the balance with House Bill 4124; this decides whether or not theatres & cultural institutions will be able to continue bringing art and connection to Oregon cities.

For more ways to support! pdxtheatre.org/support-arts/

2023 may go down in history for its epic displays of worker solidarity, major contract wins, & so much more.

Half a million US workers walked out —and strikes (& the threat of strikes) extracted, in many cases, record contracts.

What's in store for 2024?
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AFM Congratulates SAG-AFTRA Members on AMPTP Contract Ratification, view statement at: afm.org/2023/12/afm-co…

You Can't Do It
Unless You
ORGANIZE!
#UnionStrong

We are thankful for our sisters and brothers who are at work tomorrow. #HappyThanksgiving

A touring band from Nashville had $15k in equipment stolen in Portland after staying at the Portlander Inn. If anyone knows anything, please DM us immediately.
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Time to turn up the volume on the schools Portland students need and educators and families deserve!

Cleveland HS: great student band & a beautiful picket line!

Teachers marched past the Musicians Union office today! What are you waiting for? Join them!

Last Sunday at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Oregon Symphony unveiled a plaque honoring the late Arlene Schnitzer to remind Portlanders that downtown has and will rise again through visionary philanthropists like Schnitzer.

Andy Akiho sculpts music on stage with the Oregon Symphony opb.org/article/2023/1… Musicians of the Oregon Symphony🎶 Oregon Symphony #ClassicalMusic #orchestra #arts

NEW SEASON > NEW FACES 😃

A big welcome to our new #Englishhorn player, Ben Brogadir!!! Here is Ben (right) pictured after our performances of #Mahler 1 earlier this fall with his new colleagues in the #oboe section, Marty (left) and Karen (center) 😍

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Fair pay for all music artists is long overdue. This #MusicFairness Awareness Month, we’re supporting artists in their fight for the compensation they deserve. Join us in calling for Congress to pass the American Music Fairness Act! musicfirstcoalition.org/the-musicfirst…

WHEN WORKERS STICK TOGETHER, WE WIN! Musicians of DCINY Orchestra Musicians win first union contract: mailchi.mp/local802afm/al… AFM NYC CLC, AFL-CIO @ericdkoch METOrchMusicians Musicians of the New York Philharmonic #Solidarity

Today in Portland, THOUSANDS of teachers are walking out of classrooms and onto picket lines in a historic strike.

We’ve got your back: The Oregon AFL-CIO and #OregonLabor are proud to stand with @PDXTeachers until you win the contract teachers & students deserve.

#Strike