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John K. Painting has been named director of the American Federation of Musicians' Electronic Media Services Division (EMSD) and assistant to the president following the tragic death of EMSD director Pat Varriale, who was struck and killed last month by a hit-and-run MTA bus on Staten Island. He was 69. "I have immense…

Ray Hair, president of the American Federation of Musicians, has added his voice to the chorus of industry union leaders supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, while pledging "to continue to confront the ways our union and the music industry have contributed to persistent systemic racism." "The unconscionable…

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…