Sources

Public primary documents and filings behind the Local 257 report. Numbered notes in the story deep-link to the same pages. No private files, docs, or repos are listed here.

• AFM local directory — Nashville Musicians Association (11 Music Circle North).
• Local 257 Nashville Musician magazine, Secretary-Treasurer column — hall at 11 Music Circle North since the late 1970s.
• AFM Local 257 info — chartered December 11, 1902.
• Local 257 Bylaws (June 2024 PDF) — p.4–6 vacancies and sergeant-at-arms; p.16 Art. XI §1; p.17 Resolution 8; p.18 Art. XV §1; p.19 Art. XV §10 and secret-ballot mail.
• IBEW Local 3 — second reading / Art. XV §2(a).
• IBEW Local 3 — Election Board (Oct 28, 2022) — judge and twelve tellers; absentee ballots by writing the Election Board.
• IBEW Constitution (2022) — International Convention, Sec. 3 (petition by twenty-eight locals).
• 29 CFR §452.26 — direct secret ballot.
• Kevin Frazier, HKS Student Policy Review, Apr 28, 2020.
• Bryan Caplan, “Unanimity Forever,” May 1, 2023.
• Snitzer complaint, Dkt. 1 (Jul 14, 2017).
• Snitzer docket (CourtListener) · Deadline, March 2020 · Pension Fund Notes, Mar 29, 2020.
• AFM-EPF Fund Status FAQs · Pension Fund Notes, Aug 12, 2024 — SFA $1,527,839,375.
• AFM-EPF Annual Funding Notice 2026 — Jan 1, 2025: 49%; $1,768,883,013 / $3,635,362,019; ~88% with SFA.
• Notice of Critical Status 2025 — deemed critical through December 31, 2051.
• AFM-EPF Form 5500 (2024) — EIN 51-6120204. Index: Form 5500 page.
• Visit Music City press release — 2025 Davidson County $11.6 billion visitor spending; $1.2 billion tax ($715.8 million state / $477.8 million local).
• 2025 Economic Impact of Travel on Tennessee (TDTD / Tourism Economics).
• Union Facts — membership & dues (from the 2024 LM-2). Search the filing at OLMS OLPD.
• Union Facts — leadership & salaries.
• Local 257, Sept 11, 2026 — Lower Broadway Fair Trade Music campaign (Jam Juice 2.5% cut).
• DOL OLMS — union member rights under the LMRDA.
• DOL OLMS LM reports.