American Federation of Musicians (description)

The American Federation of Musicians is a union of more than 90,000 professional US and Canadian musicians. The AFM negotiates agreements and administers contracts, procures valuable benefits and achieves legislative goals. The AFM negotiates wages and working conditions in order to maintain minimum standards for its members involved in recording, TV shows, music videos, commercials, films, video games and traveling theatrical productions. AFM members may earn credits toward retirement and, under certain conditions, health care each time they work. The AFM pension plan allows contributions for all working AFM members.