Who Is The American Federation Of Musicians ?

The American Federation Of Musicians is simply a union of professional musicians in the United States and Canada. This group like any other working union serves it’s employees and members in many ways. Some of which being, making sure fair practices have taken place such as fair and proper payment of royalties as well as offering a pension plan to those member who qualify. The American Federation Of Musicians was founded in 1896 by Owen Miller and has been growing strong since. One of the most famous actions taken place that let the American Federation Of Musicians make their mark was in 1942 was a recording ban against the record companies. This action more famously called the Petrillo Ban, banned all commercial recording by its members in order to force large record companies to pay fair royalties and payment to the musicians. A similar ban took place again in 1948. This however, was directly in response to the Taft-Hartley Act, put into place in June, 1947, which referred to the Labor Management Relations Act. The current American Federation Of Musicians President is Ray Hair and the AMF is going strong today, protecting the rights and financial well being of it’s members everywhere.