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Welcome,
and thank you for your interest in Local 300 of the American
Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. The
AFM is the largest organization in the world dedicated to representing
the interests of professional musicians. Local 300 represents
the finest professional musicians in the Merrimack Valley region.
AFM
members, who number almost 100,000, perform all styles of musicalternative
rock, classical, pop, gospel, jazz, country, folk, rock, big
band, reggae, contemporary Christian, etc.. With such active
members as Roberta Flack, Santana, Yo-Yo Ma, Sheila E, Suzanne
Vega, The Goo Goo Dolls, Willie Nelson, and Brantford Marsalis,
there is a strong representation of major recording individuals
and groups.
The
AFM has been promoting and protecting professional musicians
for over 110 years. Local 300 has been serving Merrimack Valley
area musicians since 1898 and continues to be an effective advocate
for musicians' rights in the workplace (be that a nightclub,
a symphony stage, in a recording studio, or on tour). The
AFM and Local 300 protect the recorded works musicians produce
from being exploited, and protect our members live performances
by providing several types of benefit programs that help them
to build successful careers.
Members
of Local 300 of the AFM are secure in knowing that their organization
is actively lobbying to promote legislation and public awareness
that protects musicians' interests, negotiating collective bargaining
agreements with the recording industry, motion picture industry,
jingle industry, TV networks, National Public TV and Radio,
and providing excellent wages and working conditions for its
members.


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