Category: Newsletter

MPTF has just announced that Local 655 has a grant allocation of over $12,000 for the current year. If you have ideas for concerts that are free and open to the public, please let us know! Since the grants have been underutilized in the past few years, President Hawley and Secretary-Treasurer Apana met with Phillip READ MORE

A band that shall remain nameless performed under the protection of AFM Phono-Record Labor Agreements. As a result, they were paid full scales, received Pension Fund credits, and participated in the revenue-sharing program so-well-known as the “Phono Special Payment Fund” (in 2023, over $11 million was distributed from this fund). They even received “New Use” READ MORE

Musicians sidelining and recording for the Apple TV+ show Severance are now working under an AFM contract through the New York Local 802. The new agreement will secure fair wages and protections for the musicians. Disneyland character cast members will now be represented by Actors Equity. The actors overwhelmingly voted in favor of union representation READ MORE

A movie studio is being built on the 60-acre site of the former Wingate Road municipal incinerator dump in Fort Lauderdale. Infinite Reality will be the primary tenant, and the site will include movie, television, and streaming production studios, multiple soundstages, offices, film sets, and a film school. Construction is expected to cost over $163 READ MORE

New, Reinstated, and Resigned members for May 2024: New Members: none Reinstated Members: Resigned Members: Deceased Members: none

Congratulations to the members that came to our April virtual membership meeting! We had a quorum of members in attendance, and we spoke about the Miami City Ballet dancers fighting to be represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), as well as the recent visit by our officers to speak to New World READ MORE