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When Did Local 257 Stop Acting Like a Union?

How AFM Local 257 lost its hiring hall, how the pension got bailed out, how the bylaws lock members out — and what the artists on those stages are actually worth to this city.

By Elias Medina — former member, IBEW Local 3, Sign Division, New York · Nashville · October 16, 2026

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