Call your senators at 844-551-6921 and urge them to reject the Grassley-Alexander proposal, which would harm the Butch Lewis Act. Tell them to support legislation that will provide retirees with their hard-earned benefits and stabilize the multiemployer pension system overall. Anything less is unacceptable.
Read moreWe are currently putting together a Membership Engagement Committee to help plan membership meetings, activities and special events. Please let us know if you would like to be a part of pulling our community of musicians together. Call the Union Offices at 817-469-6040 or email SWilliams@musiciansdfw.org.
Read moreLocal 72-147’s annual membership dues are $135 for 2020, if paid in January. Semi-annual membership dues are $70 if paid in January and July. Payments can be made by mail with a check or money order, or you may come by the Union office.
Click here to login to www.MusiciansDFW.org and make a credit card payment. Annual membership dues are due in January.
Read morePreparations for negotiations are underway for multiple bargaining units in 2020. In addition to successor agreements to extensions with both
Read morefrom Pension Fund Notes
December 6, 2019
When the Trustees apply to reduce benefits to try to save the AFM-EPF, some participants have certain protections under current law. If the benefit reduction is approved, benefit payments will not be reduced until January 1, 2021.
Read moreMeet and Greet + Jam Session Community Event Thursday, February, 6 2020 7pm Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton
Read moreSpecial Membership/Orientation Meeting Saturday, February 29, 2020 10 am
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Read moreAll members or children of members of Local 72-147 are eligible for a scholarship from the Texas AFL-CIO. Applicants must be high school seniors who are planning to attend a university, college, or technical institute in the summer or fall term.
One of last year’s scholarship winners was Maria Ferraro, the daughter of Local 72-147 member, Joe Ferraro. She is now attending SMU, working on a BFA in Dance with a Minor in Arts Management.
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Billy (Bill) Max Banks, 89, of Dallas, TX passed away on October 21, 2019 in Dallas. He was born on
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