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Professional Musicians Guild (PMG)

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  • New democracy battles in Musicians Union

    by Robert Levine

    The most transformative event in the history of the American Federation of Musicians was a revolt in the 1950s by musicians who worked in recording studios and Hollywood sound stages against an autocratic AFM administration. The conflict, which included de-certification of the AFM in favor of a union started by recording musicians, ended with an eventual reconciliation with the AFM upon promises by the new administration to redress the musicians' grievances.

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