American Federation of Musicians Local 99 Archives

What if musicians set minimum standards for their work, and concert-goers had a way to know which clubs met standards?

Musicians asked the non-profit’s board to voluntarily recognize their union, American Federation of 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.

March 11 will mark a year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. The pandemic hit the local union movement highly unevenly.

Stumptown Stages reclassified actors and musicians as employees, and recognized Musicians Local 99 to represent its musicians.

The 565-member local represents orchestra musicians at Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera, and Oregon Ballet Theatre.

The union hall benefits from a new Oregon pilot program of feed-in tariffs