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As an AFM member, you are part of a membership of more than 80,000 musicians. Experience has proven that collective activity on behalf of individuals with similar interests is the most effective way to achieve a goal. The AFM can negotiate agreements and administer contracts, procure valuable benefits and achieve legislative goals. A single musician has no such power.

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Like the industry, the AFM is also changing and evolving, and its policies and programs will move in new directions dictated by its members. As a member, you will determine these directions through your interest and involvement. 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. To become a member now, visit www.afm.org/join.

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Unions Oppose Trump’s Pick to Head Government Personnel Office

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A broad coalition of labor organizations, including the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers and AFL-CIO, have launched strong opposition to President Donald Trump’s pick to head the government’s personnel office. The 16 unions stated in a letter to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee that George Nesterczuk has a failing record in fostering a federal workplace “free of discrimination, nepotism, and political influence.” A former Republican Office of Personnel Management official, Nesterczuk helped develop the Defense Department’s National Security Personnel System (NSPS), which was a discriminatory system with disdain for due process worker protections and merit system principals—hallmarks of modern civil service. NSPS was repealed in 2009.

 







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