{"id":65,"date":"2014-05-26T18:47:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T18:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fcmestmonsyndicat.ca\/?p=65"},"modified":"2023-09-06T20:03:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T20:03:03","slug":"envoi-postal4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfmismyunion.ca\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"Mailing #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not complicated.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Vote NO, to keep 406 in the AFM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Vote YES, \u2013 lose the AFM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u2026 and continued participation in the Musicians\u2019 Pension Fund of Canada is guaranteed.<\/td>\n\u2026 and there are NO guarantees. MPF takes contributions from AFM employers only. Your pension will stop growing. Without MPF Canada, the Guilde must start up its own pension fund. MPF Canada has been building for 50 years nationwide. How long will it take Guilde leaders to replace it in just one province? And how long to vest? That\u2019s a roll of the dice you can\u2019t afford.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2026 and you retain access to fast, affordable P2 work permits for work in the United States.<\/td>\n\u2026 and you stay home. The Guilde has promised \u201csubsidized\u201d work permits \u2013 which means you pay, along with the cost of an immigration lawyer, and wait how long?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2026 and your membership dues stay the same, as do your services.<\/td>\n\u2026 and your dues may skyrocket. Both Provincial precedent and AFM Bylaws state if the Guilde disaffiliates, it must turn over all its assets (money and equipment) to the AFM. Overnight, the Guilde will have to replace all its money with new money, and fast, in order to keep staff and services. Where will the money come from? Your wallets.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2026 and, if you\u2019re in an orchestra, bargain with management knowing that you have the strike fund at your back, funded by every major orchestra on the continent.<\/td>\n\u2026 and, if you\u2019re in an orchestra, bargain with management knowing that if you have to strike, you\u2019re on your own. If the Guilde is out of the AFM, you\u2019re out of the strike fund. Of course, the Guilde should create its own strike fund, but who would pay for it? You. And how long before it has enough money to help? Years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2026 and you remain connected to and a part of the only national\/international union dedicated to serving musicians. The AFM is a union run by musicians, for musicians, and the world knows it. When we speak with one voice, we speak with power.<\/td>\n\u2026 and you are an island, surrounded by a sea of musicians no longer concerned with your welfare. Forget working in other locals for other employers. Forget about Guilde leaders being able to speak for you to the rest of the country. No one will listen to them, because they won\u2019t have to.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Employees and other workers gain strength in their workplace by banding together for their common interests. Unions gain strength in their industries by combining resources and focusing their priorities. A YES vote is a step back to the Dark Ages.\u00a0A NO vote is an affirmation of unity and solidarity, and a commitment toward an even better future.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Please visit cfmismyunion.ca to learn more.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not complicated. Vote NO, to keep 406 in the AFM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Vote YES, \u2013 lose the AFM \u2026 and continued participation in the Musicians\u2019 Pension Fund of Canada is guaranteed. \u2026 and there are NO guarantees. MPF takes contributions from AFM employers only. Your pension will stop growing. Without MPF Canada, the Guilde must start … Continue reading Mailing #4<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfmismyunion.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfmismyunion.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfmismyunion.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfmismyunion.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfmismyunion.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/cfmismyunion.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/cfmismyunion.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfmismyunion.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfmismyunion.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfmismyunion.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}