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30 Reasons to Belong

  1. Professional Pride
  2. AF of M Website with access to online forms, contracts, help wanted registry
  3. Website links to other musically related sites
  4. Access to list of all symphonic auditions
  5. Member directories
  6. Booking and referral programs
  7. 250 local union offices
  8. AF of M - Employers' Pension Fund
  9. Sound Recording Special Payments Fund
  10. Film Musicians Secondary Markets Funds
  11. Music Performance Fund
  12. Collection and distribution of money earned from New Use of recorded material
  13. Partnership with Sound Exchange
  14. Assistance with recording and broadcast media agreements
  15. Negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements
  16. Emergency travel assistance program
  17. Equipment and liability insurance
  18. Immigration assistance
  19. International Musician and local newsletters
  20. AFL-CIO affiliation
  21. Central Labor Council and Provincial Labor Council support
  22. Contract Guarantee Fund
  23. Access to Union Priviledge programs
  24. Access to health and disability insurance
  25. Legislative representation in Washington and Ottawa
  26. Access to credit cards with preferred rates
  27. Discounts on computers, cell phones, cars & musical instruments
  28. Organizing assistance
  29. Lester Petrillo Fund for disabled musicians
  30. AF of M Symphony-Opera-Ballet Strike Fund

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