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American Federation of Musicians Local 99
Union Organizing
Ethos Music Center goes union with AFM Local 99
The union campaign was in part a response to recent instability and funding problems. It's only the second unionized music school in the U.S.
Union Organizing
Musicians Local 99 staff unionize
Portland's Musicians Local 99 recognized ILWU Local 5 as the bargaining representative for its two union staffers.
Jobs
Stumptown Stages dumps musicians from musical theater
The nonprofit musical theater company is laying off its union musicians, saying it will use recorded music in upcoming productions.
Buying Union
Union wants musicians to set standards for venues
What if musicians set minimum standards for their work, and concert-goers had a way to know which clubs met standards?
Union Organizing
Portland Baroque Orchestra organizes
Musicians asked the non-profit's board to voluntarily recognize their union, American Federation of Musicians Local 99.
People
Back on the job with Musicians Local 99
Eighteen months after the Oregon Symphony went silent, Alicia Waite and her fellow members of AFM Local 99 are back making music.Â
Building our communities
THE YEAR OF COVID
March 11 will mark a year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. The pandemic hit the local union movement highly unevenly.
Union Organizing
Musical theater, when it reopens, will be union
Stumptown Stages reclassified actors and musicians as employees, and recognized Musicians Local 99 to represent its musicians.
Union democracy
New union officers at Musicians Local 99
The 565-member local represents orchestra musicians at Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera, and Oregon Ballet Theatre.
Green Jobs
Musicians Union hall goes solar
The union hall benefits from a new Oregon pilot program of feed-in tariffs
