[Fmpro] AFM Union Threatens $50k Fines Against Composers

[Markholden@aol.com]

jchase at billyhalemusic.com wrote on 8/19/06 5:03 AM:
>Hello, I'm Jim, nun-union composer:
>

Hi Jim -- in the US, we're ALL non-union composers, without exception. No 
guild, as a matter of fact. No industrial representation nor lobby powers 
of any kind - unlike the actors, the directors, and the screenwriters.

You also wrote:
>I got on this one late.
>Mark Northram's original fmpro link will be forwarded to [Motter 
>Snell, President, Seattle AFM local 76-493], and to the Seattle Times 
>[desk editor name, position] with Mark Northram's permission.
>
>Information for the AFM local 76-493
>
>http://www.local76-493.org/
>
>Glad to help,
>rjchase,
>Seattle.


Please inform the List if there are any statements from the Seattle local 
or articles from the Seattle Times.

Thanks,

Mark Holden