Ray Hair has been re-elected international president of the American Federation of Musicians at the union’s 101st convention in Las Vegas. Hair, who has been president of the 80,000-member union since 2010, ran unopposed, as he did in the union’s last two elections.
Also running unopposed this time were incumbents Bruce Fife, international vice president; Alan Willaert, the Afm’s vice president from Canada; and Jay Blumenthal, the union’s international secretary-treasurer.
“It’s about sticking together, and protecting each other, because together, we can,” Hair said. “That is the meaning of real unionism. This convention is about what we can do together, about remembering who we are, what we did, and what we can be.”
As international president, Hair negotiates industrywide agreements with the sound recording industry, the film and television industries, and other industry associations that employ musicians. Hair is also co-chair of the American Federation of...
Also running unopposed this time were incumbents Bruce Fife, international vice president; Alan Willaert, the Afm’s vice president from Canada; and Jay Blumenthal, the union’s international secretary-treasurer.
“It’s about sticking together, and protecting each other, because together, we can,” Hair said. “That is the meaning of real unionism. This convention is about what we can do together, about remembering who we are, what we did, and what we can be.”
As international president, Hair negotiates industrywide agreements with the sound recording industry, the film and television industries, and other industry associations that employ musicians. Hair is also co-chair of the American Federation of...
- 6/20/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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