Musicians (AFM)

AFM's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
Musicians Conference	Western Santa Ana, CA	22,000
Musicians Conference	Southern Houston, TX	14,212
Musicians Conference	California Conference San Francisco, CA	12,442
Musicians Local 802	New York, NY	7,968
Musicians Local 47	Los Angeles, CA	7,784
Musicians Conference	Pa Md Del and Dc Areas Washington, DC	7,501
Musicians Conference	Intl Symphony and Opera Atlanta, GA	4,004
Musicians Local 257	Nashville, TN	2,461
Musicians Local 10	Chicago, IL	2,417
Musicians Local 161	Washington, DC	1,941

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The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), which is enforced by the Office of Labor-Management Standards, requires labor unions to file annual reports detailing their operations. Contained in those reports are breakdowns of each union's spending, income and other financial information.

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) requires unions to report how they spent their money in a number of categories. For the first five, OLMS requires unions to provide detailed information on any recipient that received more than $5,000 per year.

Total Spent in 2010: $15,829,052.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $3,695,177.00 (23.34%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $137,951.00 (0.87%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $19,805.00 (0.13%)
• General Overhead^?: $2,977,485.00 (18.81%)
• Union Administration^?: $3,126,271.00 (19.75%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $627,300.00 (3.96%)
• To Union Officers^?: $427,198.00 (2.70%)
• To Union Employees^?: $2,806,488.00 (17.73%)
• Education^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Fees^?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Total Members: 92,404

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
Samuel Folio	Secretary Treasurer	$129,082.00
WILLIAM SKOLNIK	Vice President Canada	$127,321.00
LEWIS MANCINI	Chief Operating Officer	$123,827.00
CHRIS DURHAM	Negotiator SSD	$116,386.00
LEONARD LYTWYN	Exec. Director Can	$111,493.00
THOMAS F Lee	President	$108,271.00
Harry Ponder	Dir of Gov't Reltns	$103,991.00
ALAN WILLAERT	Field Rep Can.Office	$102,175.00
RICHARD GABRIEL	Assit to President	$97,202.00
PATRICK VARRIALE	Contract Admin Sound Rec	$90,057.00

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FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $300,849.00 (0.8808)

Republicans: $40,400.00 (0.1183)

AFM's Political Action Committees

Political Action Committee	Total Contributed
American Federation of Musicians	$331,824.00
Amer Federation of Musicians Local 802	$9,725.00

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $415,430.00

AFM's Major Issues

Issue	Total Spent Lobbying
Arts & Entertainment	$270,430.00
Copyright, Patent & Trademark	$205,430.00
Labor, Antitrust & Workplace	$205,430.00
Immigration	$56,930.00
Transportation	$56,930.00
Bankruptcy	$50,000.00
Aviation, Airlines & Airports	$46,930.00
Radio & TV Broadcasting	$10,000.00
Health Issues	$10,000.00
Telecommunications	$10,000.00

AFM Lobbying Groups

Client	Total Spent Lobbying
American Federation of Musicians	$415,430.00

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) has responsibility under the Labor-Management Relations and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) to conduct audits to determine if unions are complying with the law.

OLMS uses a streamlined audit approach called the Compliance Audit Program (CAP) to audit local unions which utilizes specialized records review and investigative techniques to verify LMRDA compliance.

Local	Violations	View Audit
AFM Local 82-545	5	Full Audit Text
AFM Local 11-637	1	Full Audit Text
AFM Local 34	1	Full Audit Text
AFM Local 77		Full Audit Text
AFM Local 798		Full Audit Text
AFM Local 20-623		Full Audit Text
AFM Local 21		Full Audit Text
AFM Local 15286		Full Audit Text
AFM Local 136		Full Audit Text
AFM Local 21		Full Audit Text
AFM Local 171		Full Audit Text
AFM Local 78		Full Audit Text

Unionized employees can elect to revoke a union's right to represent them through a process called a decertification. In order to decertify a union, a majority of the unionized employees must vote to remove the union in an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Total Decertification Petitions: 7

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case Number	Name/Union	Date Filed
28-RD-00954	Erin Miel, Inc. Las Vegas Musicians Union, Local 369	November 30th, 2006
13-RD-02526	Chicago Federation of Musicians, Local 10-208 Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 28	March 1st, 2006
28-RD-00943	ERIN MIEL, INC. Musicians Union of Las Vegas, Local No. 369	December 27th, 2005
02-RD-01510	The Early Ear, Inc. Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM	June 9th, 2004
31-RD-01494	American Federation of Musicians, Local 47 OPEIU, Local 537	January 16th, 2004
04-RD-01953	Pennsylvania Clinical Schools American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 88	July 24th, 2002
08-RD-01844	Youngstown Area Community Action Council, Inc. Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE)/AFSCME Local 4, AFL-CIO	January 6th, 2000

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Unionized employees, business owners, managers, and others often bring labor law charges against unions. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) oversees the porcess of determining if the union violated the National Labor Relations Act.

Allegation	Cases Filed
Other Allegations	48
Duty of Fair Representation	33
Union Security Related (including Beck)	15
Union Security Related	8
Statements	3
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)	2
Discipline (including charges/fines)	2
All Allegations against a Labor Organization	2
Disparagement of Employee	2
All Allegations	2
Hiring Hall Related	1
Refusal to Furnish Information	1
Threatening Statements	1
Statements/Threats	1
Notification requirements [Sec. 8(d)]	1
Hiring Halls	1
All Allegations against an Employer	1
Rules: Coercive	1
Fees Excessive	1
Actions of Picketers	1

Employer/Location	Union	Days on Strike	Employees on Strike
SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY INC Shreveport, LA	AFM Local 116	166	100
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Madison, WI	AFM Local 166	37	29
Jacksonville Symphony Association Jacksonville, FL	AFM Local 444	64	70
Radio City Production LLC New York, NY	AFM Local 802	16	45
DALLAS BACH SOCIETY INC DALLAS, TX	AFM Local 72	265	25
SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY SOCIETY SAINT LOUIS, MO	AFM Local 2	58	96

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Pensions

Pensions Linked to the Union

Pension Name/Sponsor	Members	Funding Percentage
American Federation of Musicians and Employers Pension Fund and Subsidiary Board of Trustees of the American Federation Of	47,679

Source: Internal Revenue Service.