Category: Newsletter

All of the casinos on the Las Vegas strip are now unionized. The Culinary Workers Union recent agreements with the Venetian and the Fontainebleau marks the first time in 90 years that the 60,000 members have union contracts at all of the Las Vegas properties. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated union contracts READ MORE

For the first time since its opening, the Kravis Center will begin charging for parking. The parking fees of $5-10 will begin in September and will be handled through the ParkMobile parking app. The Center states that it is implementing the fee so they can better manage parking availability for patrons. As the only free READ MORE

New, Reinstated, and Resigned members for August 2025: New Members: Reinstated Members:none Resigned Members: none Deceased Members: none

Membership Meeting Scheduled New Forms/Contracts Please note that the AFM has updated the LS-1 local engagement contract form. If you are using this form, please contact us to make sure you have the new form. The AFM has also raised the minimum rate for Limited Pressing recordings to $60 per hour. If you are planning READ MORE

We are making progress on the appeal of a Palm Beach Opera musician dismissed for musical causes. We have a tentative date for a appeals committee hearing in August and hopefully this will be resolved soon. Tenure language in our contracts protects musicians from unfair dismissals and the appeals process allows each musician to “have READ MORE

Fred’s Nightmare Gig The call came in the middle of the off-season. Fred, (not his real name) a member of our Local, was having a slow couple of weeks. The contractor told him that the show, a Broadway-style musical, was not a Union gig, but it offered four weeks of work. Fred didn’t like the READ MORE