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Highlander 2012 Registration is Open! Once again, there is an opportunity to join together with your Local 1000 sisters and brothers at the Highlander Center in New Market, Tennessee. Tues, May 15- Thurs, May 17, 2012 Featured presenters are Local 1000 members Si Kahn and Holly Near. Read More.

Office Staff Changes There are some changes in our office staff to announce. We bid Amanda Gookin farewell Read More.

Traveling with Instruments (A letter from Hal Ponder, AFM Director of Government Relations) Following the passage of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (H.R. 658), we have been receiving many questions about the new policy and complaints that musicians are still experiencing problems at the airport. Read More.

Assistant Office Administrator Opening The Local 1000 Office has a job opening for the right person! Read More.

Membership tops 500! The Office reports that the membership in Local 1000 AFM has now topped the 500 mark! This is a goal that the Executive Board embraced many years ago Read More.

Now there’s a reason to join the union: Because it’s ours!

Local 1000 was created by and for traveling musicians. No matter where you live in Canada or the U.S., if you tour on the folk, bluegrass and acoustic music circuit, Local 1000 is for you.

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McCutcheon Keynote at FarWest Folk Alliance

McCutcheon Keynote at FarWest Folk Alliance

Registration is open for Highlander Retreat 2012

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Linda Allen

Linda Allen

A word from a retired Local 1000 member:

“I’ve just begun receiving my pension check from our Union, and it makes a difference!  I’m only sorry that I didn’t begin making payments years before.  Thanks to all the persistent and creative members who made our pension plan a reality.”

Linda Allen, Seattle, WA