AFM Sues Major Film Studios

On April 27, the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) announced it had filed suit against the film studios Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc. for breach of a collective bargaining agreement.

AFM, the largest musicians union in the world, claims the studios breached a 2010 contract with AFM requiring theatrical motion pictures produced in the U.S. and Canada to be also scored in the U.S. and Canada. Four films produced by one or more of the three studios (Interstellar, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Robocop, and Carrie) were scored outside the U.S. and Canada, according to AFM.

“This legal action is the first salvo in a series of legal moves we are taking to enforce any violation of our agreements and to protect our jobs and our hard-fought standards of employment,” said AFM International President Ray Hair. “The disregard for the livelihood of professional musicians by these companies has to stop.”

To read the full complaint, click here: http://www.afm.org/uploads/file/public_pdf/Complaint-Stamped.pdf