American Federation of Musicians

The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) is a labor union of professional musicians in the United States and Canada.

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Labor union - Professional - Musician - United States - Canada

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The American Federation of Musicians was founded in 1896, at which time it took over from an older and looser organization of local musicians unions, the National League of Musicians.

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One of the most famous actions by the AFM was a ban on all commercial recording by members in the 1940s in order to pressure record companies to make a better arrangement for paying royalties to recording artists. This was sometimes called the Petrillo Ban, after the longtime powerful leader of the union, James Petrillo.

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1940s - Record companies - James Petrillo

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