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American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Fall 2010

Next Up Summit: ‘We’re All Brothers

& Sisters’

AFTRA member Jeremy Redleaf

Volume 42 Number 3

Features

Meet the Future 16AFTRA member Jeremy Redleaf gives

his firsthand account of the AFL-CIO’s

inaugural Next Up Young Workers

Summit, which brought together young

union members from around the country

for a weekend of workshops, networking

and little fun; and the Federation’s

youngest officer elected, Elizabeth

Shuler, answers some questions about

the initiative in a Q&A.

Oakdale Memories 20“As the World Turns” says its goodbyes

to viewers in September, as its 54-year

run comes to an end. Some of the

AFTRA-covered soap’s veteran actors

chatted with “AFTRA Magazine” about

the show and its end.

Tee Up 26AFTRA members, supporters and

celebrity athletes came out to support

the Los Angeles Local’s Frank Nelson

Sick & Benefit Fund at the inaugural golf

classic, hosted by Cleveland Cavaliers

coach Byron Scott. Check out our

special photo gallery for highlights of all

the fun from the day.

Goodbye to an AFTRA Giant 28A special We Remember of veteran

broadcaster and AFTRA leader John

Henning, who died July 7.

From the President 5

AFTRA @ Its Best 6

Dateline AFTRA 8

At the Table 12

AFTRA H&R 14

News & Broadcast 15

We Remember 28

AFTRA Locals 30

Departments

On the Cover

AFTRA member Jeremy Redleaf, a keynote speaker at the AFL-CIO’s Next Up Young Workers Summit in June

Photo courtesy Jeremy Redleaf

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American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Fall 2010

Next Up Summit: ‘We’re All Brothers

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AFTRA member Jeremy Redleaf

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Golf carts await celebrity golfers and supporters for the AFTRA Los Angeles Inaugural Frank Nelson Sick & Benefit Fund Celebrity Golf Classic in July. Photo: Beth Coller

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As the summer ends and

we begin our work for the

remaining months of 2010,

this issue of “AFTRA

Magazine” offers an

opportunity to reflect on

beginnings and endings,

and our continuing

evolution into a union of

industry leaders.

Our cover story features

AFTRA member Jeremy

Redleaf, who participated

in the AFL-CIO’s inaugural

Next Up Young Workers

Summit held in

Washington, D.C. this past

June. Jeremy shares his

experience at the summit among more than 400 of his union

peers—whom he calls his “brothers and sisters”—from across

the spectrum of American industry. These young workers

gathered as part of the AFL-CIO’s new initiative to revitalize

the American labor movement by engaging with and

energizing our unions’ youngest members—the next

generation of activists. This landmark effort is spearheaded by

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler—the youngest

Secretary-Treasurer in the Federation’s history—and an

exclusive Q&A with Shuler follows Jeremy’s account of the

summit. Next Up is an exciting initiative, and AFTRA is very

proud that Jeremy was there at its beginning.

As one auspicious story begins, so another comes to an end.

This September, we bid a sad farewell to another veteran

daytime drama. After more than 54 years on the air, the

wonderful world of “As the World Turns” will turn no more. For

decades, millions of viewers around the globe and across the

generations tuned in to share the passions, tragedies,

scandals and triumphs of the families in the fictional town of

Oakdale, Ill. Longtime cast member and former AFTRA New

York Local and National Board member Don Hastings is

featured in “AFTRA Magazine’s” farewell, along with show

veterans Eileen Fulton, Elizabeth Hubbard and Marie Masters.

As old radio dramas evolved into new television dramas,

AFTRA contracts evolved and made daytime drama

performers TV’s first full-time actors. Today, media continues

to evolve, and that evolution brings both challenges and

opportunities. Having concluded the joint AFTRA Exhibit A

(Primetime TV) and Screen Actors Guild TV/Theatrical Wages

and Working Conditions meetings around the country, and

now preparing for negotiations this September, I thank every

union member who showed up to a meeting, made your voice

heard and participated in shaping our collective future. Nelson

Mandela once said, “As we let our own light shine, we

unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”

Beginnings and Endings

You all shone brightly throughout this process and, whether

you are an “old hat” at these meetings or one of the many

newcomers to W&W, we welcome and embrace you on our

journey together.

The upcoming negotiations offer our members plenty of

challenges, but also opportunity—specifically, the opportunity

for our two unions to work together on a common cause.

While this is a very different contract from our Commercials

Contracts, with different employers, unique issues and

specific dynamics, I and your AFTRA negotiating committee

and staff look forward to working with SAG on what we hope

to be a successful and strong new contract.

This past July, both AFTRA and SAG announced the creation

of the Presidents’ Forum for One New Union. This Forum

offers the leadership of both unions an opportunity to

informally discuss and share ideas about a common vision for

a new union representing all of our members. It’s critically

important that we continue discussions with our brothers and

sisters at SAG. We at AFTRA will reach out to all members—

broadcasters, recording artists and performers—to hear

everyone’s ideas about what a new union might accomplish

for us and future generations of union members. I am pleased

that AFTRA National Treasurer Matt Kimbrough will join me

for these discussions. We must focus on the future, not the

past. Of course we cherish our institutions and their traditions,

however, we need to dream big and consider, not just our

present challenges, but how we can build a dynamic, new

organization that endures into the future.

In closing, I would like to dedicate this issue to the memory of

John Henning, AFTRA Boston Local and National Board

member and longtime Editorial Board Chair of “AFTRA

Magazine.” John died on July 7 and his passing is a significant

and sad loss for AFTRA Boston and, indeed, for all AFTRA

members. Under John’s careful and creative guidance in

collaboration with “AFTRA Magazine’s” former longtime editor

and fellow AFTRA Heller Gold Card winner Dick Moore, this

wonderful publication grew into a vital vehicle for sharing our

union’s good news that connects us together in the beautiful

tapestry that is AFTRA.

In solidarity,

Roberta Reardon

National President AFTRA, AFL-CIO

From the President

AFTRANATIONAL OFFICERS

President Roberta Reardon

First Vice President Bob Edwards

Second Vice President Ron Morgan

Vice Presidents Catherine Brown, Bob Butler, Craig Dellimore,

Denny Delk, Jim Ferguson, Holter Graham, Shelby Scott

Treasurer Matthew Kimbrough

Recording SecretaryLainie Cooke

NATIONAL STAFFNational Executive Director

Kim A. Roberts Hedgpeth

Assistant National Executive Directors Mathis L. Dunn, Jr., Commercials, Non-Broadcast, & Interactive MediaMary Cavallaro, News & BroadcastRandall Himes, Sound Recordings

Joan Halpern Weise, Entertainment Programming

National DirectorsRay Bradford, Equal Employment Opportunities

Megan Capuano, Agent RelationsTom Carpenter, General Counsel/Legislative Affairs

Christopher de Haan, CommunicationsPhilip Denniston, Organizing

John Eilhardt, FinanceAnthony Papandrea, Technical Systems

Andy Schefman, Research & Contract Administration

Natasha D. Shields, Information TechnologyTerry Walker, Administration

EDITORIAL BOARDEd Fry, National Chair

ADVERTISING POLICY COMMITTEEEd Fry, National Chair

Joe Krebs, Nancy Sellers, Ann Walker, Sally Winters

EDITORIAL STAFFAFTRA National

Communications DepartmentChristopher de Haan, Director

Leslie Simmons, ManagerRon Thomas, Manager, Member EducationMarina Martinez, Communications Assistant

Helaine Feldman and Dick Moore, Consultants

PRINT PRODUCTION IngleDodd Publishing

310.207.4410 or Inquiry@IngleDodd.com

ADVERTISING Dan Dodd, Advertising Director

310.207.4410 ext. 236 or Advertising@IngleDodd.com

AFTRA Magazine Vol. 42, No. 3 (ISSN 00-004-7676) is published quarterly as the offi cial magazine of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, AFL-CIO, 5757 Wilshire Blvd., 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90036. 323.634.8100 www.aftra.com © 2010 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Printed in the U.S.A.

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American Humane Film &

Television Unit Contest Winner

Last issue, AFTRA featured a story

about its grant to the American Humane

Film & Television Unit to assist in the

organization’s continued work in

ensuring that our animal actor friends

are treated well on set. American

Humane hosted a contest asking

readers to submit their story about an

animal actor on set. We received

several submissions and thank all of

those who participated in the contest.

Congratulations to AFTRA New

York member Steven Shelto, who

submitted this first-place entry about

his Labradoodle Bocker’s first major

acting gig for the SAG-covered feature

film from Columbia Pictures, “Eat Pray

Love.”

Second place honors go to AFTRA Los

Angeles member Francesca Juarez.

It’s Your Cue/AFTRA @ Its Best

Name: Jim Gough

Local: Houston

Joined: December 1964

Category: Actor

His story: It was in 1964 in Dallas that I

was first introduced to voiceovers. I had

just begun a career as an advertising art

director. I had also played and sung in Dallas clubs, and a studio

engineer who had heard me called and asked if I would sing and

announce on a radio commercial.

I agreed and did my first of what was to become more than 40

years’ worth of voiceovers. Amazingly, the spot—promoting

Rambler automobiles—was successful and played in several

regional markets. Shortly thereafter, the same producer had

me cut a demo spot on my lunch hour one day that was quickly

picked up by BBDO in Detroit. It was the beginning of a national

campaign, “The Good Guys in the White Hats: The Dodge Boys.”

This notable campaign sent me off to Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta

and Los Angeles for the next few years, to record spots extolling

the virtues of Dodge autos and trucks. There was never any

talk about contracts at the time and I never got paid what scale

should have been. It was in one of these sessions in Detroit

around 1973 that a character actor who had a small part in one

of my commercials asked if I wanted him to file a member report

to AFTRA.

After returning home to Houston, I immediately checked in

Texas and found that Dallas had a Local. Houston was far from

organized at the time.

Shortly thereafter, I served on the Board of Directors of the

Dallas Local and was the very first representative for AFTRA/

SAG in Houston. I remember quite well enlisting the aid of the

actor Victor Jory to help Houston get recognized with its own

Local office.

My association with AFTRA has been a big part of my life, from

then until today. I retired from AFTRA and SAG in 1995. I’m

eternally grateful that I learned about the union all those years

ago in Detroit.

AFTRA @ Its BestBocker the Labradoodle on the Set of ‘Eat Pray Love’

Our dog, Bocker the Labradoodle, is a celebrity in his own right.

He has appeared in numerous fashion ads, commercials and has

more than 3,000 friends and fans on Facebook. Our first experience

working in a major movie production came in August 2009 for the

filming of the Julia Roberts’ “Eat Pray Love.” Bocker was called by

Dawn Animal Agency for a part in the movie, a family barbecue

scene, where he would be playing with the children. As soon as we

got to the set, we were greeted by Dawn Animal Agency’s representative, as well

as an American Humane Association (AHA) representative. The American Humane

representative asked questions about Bocker and filled out paperwork and informed

us of his primary role, which was to make sure that Bocker was treated well and

remained safe at all times while on the set. We are glad to know that AHA is there for

Bocker and all other animals who work in media.

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Letters to the Editor Paid-up members may submit letters to the editor via email to news@aftra.com

or send letters to AFTRA Magazine, c/o Christopher de Haan, 5757 Wilshire Blvd.,

9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Be sure to include your Local and Category. Please

note: “AFTRA Magazine” reserves the right to limit letters to 150 words or less and

select one or two representative letters—when there are several on the same topic.

Names can be withheld, only at the request of the author. Letters that are antagonistic

or accusatory, either implied or expressed, will not be published. Opinions expressed

are not necessarily those of AFTRA.

AFTRA @ Its Best Do you have an AFTRA story you want to

tell? The “Aha!” moment for you when you realized the benefits

of being an AFTRA member or what kind of role AFTRA plays

in your life as a professional. In 350 words or less, we want

to know your story. Send your submissions WITH A HIGH-

RESOLUTION PHOTO to news@aftra.com or mail to AFTRA

Magazine, c/o Leslie Simmons, 5757 Wilshire Blvd., 9th Floor,

Los Angeles, CA 90036.

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Dateline AFTRA

The Westin Seattle will be the site of the

2011 AFTRA National Convention.

Photo: Internet Age Traveler/Creative

CommonsAFTRA member Rachel Pate tries out the Seattle Local’s new

audio/video production and editing suite, which consists of

three components for video recording, audio-video editing and

analogue-to-digital media conversion. The video recording studio

(pictured here) features a Canon VIXIA HG20 High-Definition

digital video camera mounted on a Ravelli AVTP-75 tripod, and lit

by a pair of QL-1000 1,000-watt soft boxes.

Pate dubs off a copy of a recent commercial on the suite’s analog-

to-digital recording component. This segment has the capability to

convert analog media such as ¼” reel-to-reel and cassette audio

tape, and standard VHS and Sony U-matic video tape into digitally-

formatted media, by routing the various devices into a Dell Inspiron

1501 laptop computer running Pinnacle Studio editing software,

then performing the final conversion via a Panasonic DMR EH59

disc burner.

“It’s extremely crucial and valuable to have

people with disabilities on board for all

decision making,” said Hollander, who is

also a Co-chair of the Tri-Union Inclusion in

the Arts & Media for People with Disabilities

(IAMPWD) campaign. “This is a brilliant

place to start by making sure our disabled

performers can be at the table.”

Seattle is one of the most accessible

cities in the country. Every downtown

intersection has a cement ramp for

wheelchairs, all of the transit buses are

equipped with lifts and the city’s new light

rail system features platforms that are

level with the floor of the train cars.

“It’s my hope that this attention to

the needs of disabled delegates will

encourage everyone to consider serving

their union as a delegate next year,” said

Krueger. “This is truly our union, and that

means all of us.”

Krueger and his wife plan to prepare

a guide to accessible restaurants,

shopping and night clubs located near

the venue. It should be available in

the spring of 2011, in advance of the

Convention in July.

The 2011 AFTRA National Convention: Accessible AFTRA Seattle Opens A/V Studio

AFTRA Seattle has completed the construction of a state-

of-the-art audio/visual suite in the Local’s office, allowing

members in good standing to record video, for such things as

auditions and audio for voiceover work.

The fully functional studio has already been put to good

use by about a dozen members for various submissions,

including for the AFTRA TNT series “Leverage,” which is shot

in Portland.

“We felt it was important to make sure our members had

every tool we could provide to help them get work in these

challenging times,” said AFTRA Seattle Executive Director

Brad Anderson. “As technology advances, we want to

advance along with it.”

The AFTRA Seattle staff has conducted one sold-out training

session and plans for more, to teach members how to

operate the equipment and use the computer hardware and

software on their own.

Budgeting for the $4,700 studio began about two years ago,

with one-third of the cost subsidized by the AFTRA/SAG

Conservatory. For more information on the studio, contact

AFTRA Seattle at 202.282.2506.

“Lone Star” lead James Wolk (“Robert/

Bob Allen”) shares a laugh with fellow

cast members, including Adrianne

Palicki (background) at the Paley

Center’s premiere of the new Fox drama.

Photo: Michael Bulbenko/The Paley

Center for Media

AFTRA’s 2011 National Convention

in Seattle may be the most accessible

in the union’s history for people with

disabilities.

“I’m calling it ‘disabled-enabled,’” said

Seattle Local President Steve Krueger.

“And we’re doing everything we can to

ensure that it lives up to that billing.”

Krueger, himself partially disabled after

losing a foot to the flesh-eating virus

in 2003, toured the Convention venue

at the Westin Seattle in his wheelchair

to test out the conditions disabled

delegates would face. He was assisted

by his wife, Florence, who pushed his

chair during their hour-long tour.

“I’ve been in the Westin Hotel hundreds

of times as a reporter and we had already

done a standard site visit,” he said, “but I

wanted to experience it from the perspective

of a mobility-impaired delegate.”

The verdict?

“With one exception—which the hotel

has pledged to address—the hotel

passed with flying colors,” he said.

Anita Hollander, AFTRA National Board

member and the Chair of the Persons

with Disabilities committee, said Seattle’s

attention to the needs of the disabled

could broaden and expand the pool of

prospective national leaders.

‘Lone Star’ Cast Turns Out for Paley Center Premiere

Texas came to Los Angeles for the

July 20 premiere of the new AFTRA

program “Lone Star” at the Paley Center

in Beverly Hills.

The principal cast of the Fox con-man

drama—Jon Voight, David Keith, James

Wolk, Adrianne Palicki, Eloise Mumford,

Bryce Johnson and Mark Deklin—was

center stage for a Q&A with audience

members following the screening.

Joining the cast on stage were the

show’s producers, Chris Keyser and Amy

Lippman, director Marc Webb and creator

and writer Kyle Killen.

The cast dished about what went on behind

the scenes while shooting the pilot on

location in Texas, as well as dropping a few

hints of what is to come in the first season.

Many of the audience questions centered on

character research by the cast members.

For Voight’s character “Clint,” the patriarch

of a Texas oil family, the Oscar-winning

actor said he pulled from many sources,

including an oilman he knows in Newport

Beach, Calif., who is much like his

character—a family man who came from

nothing to build a corporation.

“This guy is like the wildcatter in my mind,”

Voight said of “Clint,” “who took a shot, was

wiped out, came up with nothing, had to raise

the money again, do it again and then built

his little empire.”

“Lone Star” premieres on Fox on Sept. 20.

The network has already picked up the series

for a full 13 episodes. It is one of four AFTRA

programs currently in production in Texas.

Pate records a voiceover demo on the AFTRA Seattle studio’s

audio/video editing component using a Rode NT1A microphone

connected via a ProSonus Firewire Audio Interface to an iMac

21.5” with OS-X. The iMac is loaded with audio and video and

recording, editing and duplication software (CuBase Studio

5.0 Standard, Final Cut Express 4.0 and Roxio Toast 10

respectively). Auralex Acoustic Studiofoam is soft-mounted to

the walls to mitigate sound-bleed and reverberation effects.

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AFTRA National Performers with Disabilities Co-chair Anita Hollander spoke at the recent

Lights! Camera! Access! conference in Los Angeles.

Dateline AFTRA

AFTRA New York Opens Doors of Opportunity

AFTRA New York’s annual “Open Door”

program, which matches members with

agents and casting directors in one-

on-one appointments, had its biggest

attendance to date this summer.

A total of 1,500 members received

more than 2,400 appointments with

the 136 agents and casting directors,

who participated in casting actors

in all areas, including primetime TV,

cable, children’s programs, daytime

dramas, commercials, Web series,

industrial programs and audio books.

In order to participate, paid-up New York

members went through a process that

started with a random lottery to pick an

appointment date and ended with the

actual appointment with agents and

casting directors.

“It couldn’t happen without a wonderful

committee of 34 volunteers, who

give thousands of hours to help

their fellow union members obtain

auditions and work!” said Open Door

chair and AFTRA Gold Card member

Janette Gautier.

Dallas Local Board Secretary Sharon

Garrison was the director of the recent

Script-to-Screen ProAct Team’s live

reading of “Lucas and Lazaria” on May

16, which also featured fellow AFTRA

member Travis Tedford (pictured right),

a member of the Local’s Organizing

Committee. “Lucas and Lazaria” is

a feature fantasy romance by local

Texas writer Pete Alegre about “What

happens when the children of Cupid

and Psyche are left to handle love on

Earth, and the arrows stop working?”

Dallas Local Members Highlight Script-to-Screen Live Read

(employers) talk about art, they are all

driven by their focus on profit. We must

understand, believe and demonstrate that,

as artists and musicians, we are not just

individuals pursuing our careers, but we are

doing so through our unions—and through

the AFL-CIO.”

New York Singers Perform at WTC Responders Day

The AFTRA New York Singers, which

formed in the wake of the Sept. 11

attacks, performed as part of World

Trade Center Responders Day for 9/11

responders at St. Paul’s Chapel in Lower

Manhattan on June 5.

“It was a wonderful and very moving day

at St. Paul’s Chapel,” said AFTRA New

York Singer and Local Board member

Arlene Martell. “It started in the morning

and continued through the whole day with

musical selections by many musicians.

This was an experience that none of us

will forget.”

The AFTRA New York Singers included

Frank Simms, Russell Velasquez, Paul

Rolnick, Hugh Wilson, Annette Sanders,

Candace Harrison and Martell. Cecelia

Coleman was accompanied the group

on piano.

AFTRA-SAG FCU Offers Initiation Fee Loan Program

For many, a challenge to joining AFTRA

is the $1,600 initiation fee coupled with

a $63.90 base dues fee—even though it

is one of the lowest initiation fees in the

industry.

To help, the AFTRA-SAG Federal Credit

Union will launch a new initiation fee loan

program for new members in October. The

loans are available in amounts up to

$1,700 with a maximum loan term of 24

months, at rates discounted from the credit

union’s standard unsecure loan rates.

Interest rate tiers will be based on

creditworthiness: 9.9% APR for A Credit

Rating; 11.9% for B Credit Rating and

14.9% for C Credit Rating. For example, if a

new member took a loan out for $1,700, his/

her monthly payment with an A Credit

Rating would be $78.39. For B Credit Rating

members, the payment would be $79.97

per month and the monthly payment for

a C Credit Rating would be $82.35.

To qualify, new members must join or

already be a member in good standing

of the AFTRA-SAG Federal Credit

Union (you can join the Credit Union

before you join AFTRA). Applications

for credit union membership can be

completed via mail, fax or in person at

a AFTRA-SAG Federal Credit Union

branch. The fastest way to apply for

both credit union membership and the

AFTRA Initiation Fee Loan is to go

online at www.aftrasagfcu.org.

Lights! Camera! Access!

Reardon a Highlight at AFM Convention

AFTRA National President Roberta

Reardon received a warm welcome

as a featured speaker at the American

Federation of Musicians national

convention, which took place in Las

Vegas June 21-24.

Reardon spoke of the relationship

AFTRA has with the AFM, from working

together to get the Performance Rights

Act passed to working side-by-side on

programs including “Dancing with the

Stars” and “American Idol,” to protecting

members against digital theft. She also

spoke of the importance of being an

organizing union in the 21st century and

shifting the mindset of performers that

we are somehow different than workers

in other industries.

“Yes, the nature of our work and the way in

which we work is different than, say,

steelworkers or teachers or janitors or

airline pilots. But make no mistake: we are

ALL employees,” she told the convention

attendees. “Whether we work for a large

multi-national corporation like Sony or a

classical music company like the New York

Philharmonic or you’re playing in Dizzie’s

Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center

… regardless of how much they

Among the selections the singers

performed were “The Wind Beneath My

Wings,” “The Impossible Dream,” “You’ll

Never Walk Alone” and “America (My

Country, ’Tis of Thee).”

More than a dozen events made up

the program honoring the workers

and volunteers, including members of

80 unions and locals and active and

retired members of the New York Police

Department, who had participated in the

rescue, recovery and cleanup following

the 9/11 attacks.

AFTRA Welcomes…

Mary Cavallaro, Assistant National

Executive Director for News &

Broadcast.

Cavallaro returns to AFTRA to

head up the News & Broadcast

Department. She previously worked

with AFTRA, beginning in 1995, as

Assistant Executive Director of the

AFTRA Philadelphia Local and, in

1998, she was promoted to National

Representative/Staff Counsel. During

her earlier tenure with AFTRA,

Cavallaro’s many duties included

negotiating and administering union

agreements with television and radio

stations in Philadelphia, New Orleans,

upstate New York and other markets

around the country, and administering

freelance agreements in non-broadcast

and interactive media.

Moving Up…

Sarah Hardy, promoted to National

Sound Recordings Contract

Administrator.

Wesley Jones, promoted to National

Organizing Department, Campaign

Research Coordinator.

Jasmine Vargas, promoted to National

Sound Recordings Administrative

Representative.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S.

Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis returned to her Los Angeles roots for a conference

hosted by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in July.

Solis acknowledged “the enormous contributions that people with disabilities have made

in our workplaces, including the entertainment industry. Today is a call to action; a call that

both the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Department of Labor have

answered.”

The Department’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) joined with

the Academy in hosting the daylong, groundbreaking conference to examine the

challenges and opportunities for “people with disabilities to be more visible, both in

front of and behind the camera,” said Secretary Solis. Joining industry executives and

network producers were disability rights activists and labor union representatives,

including AFTRA National President Roberta Reardon, who is also a Vice President

of the AFL-CIO.

“Unions walk hand-in-hand with the disability and civil rights community. Our goals

are one and the same. When unions lift one person up, we all benefit. Disability

rights are basic civil and human rights,” noted President Reardon in introducing the

“State of the Unions” panel. AFTRA National Performers with Disabilities Co-Chairs

Anita Hollander and Robert David Hall joined AFTRA’s National Director of Equal

Employment Opportunities Ray Bradford in speaking at the conference.

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At the Table

W&W Meetings Wrap-Up

This summer, members of AFTRA Locals and SAG Branches

across the country attended six weeks of Wages & Working

Conditions meetings (W&W) to converse and generate

proposals for negotiation of the AFTRA Exhibit A (Primetime

TV) and SAG TV/Theatrical contracts, which are set to expire on

June 30, 2011.

The purpose of W&W process is to develop proposals for an

upcoming contract negotiation. The goal is always to negotiate

the best possible contract for members. Because this particular

contract will be bargained jointly with Screen Actors Guild, the

proposals have been developed with input from both AFTRA

and SAG members nationwide.

The final proposal package was received by the AFTRA/SAG

Joint National W&W Plenary on Aug. 21 and 22 and will be

submitted for approval by the Joint AFTRA/SAG National Board

on Sept. 12. National President Roberta Reardon will serve

as the AFTRA Chair of the negotiations with the Alliance of

Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which are

scheduled to commence jointly with SAG on Sept. 27.

Network TV Code “Front of the Book” Extension Ratified

AFTRA members have overwhelmingly ratified a one-year

extension to the 2007-2010 AFTRA National Code of Fair

Practice for Network Television Broadcasting (AFTRA

Network Code “Front of the Book”) by a margin of 98%

in favor.

The extension was unanimously approved by the AFTRA

National Board on June 11, after which it was sent out for

ratification by membership meetings in AFTRA’s five largest

Locals of New York, San Francisco, Washington/Baltimore,

Los Angeles and Chicago. Voting commenced in Los Angeles

on June 22 and concluded on July 13, when the final

membership meeting was held in San Francisco.

The “Front of the Book” covers programming in all television

day parts, except for primetime dramatic programs on

the networks and the CW. It includes dramas in first-run

syndication, morning news shows, talk shows, serials (soap

operas), variety, reality, contest and sports.

W&W meetings for a successor agreement to the Network Code extension will

commence in early 2011. Stay tuned at AFTRA.com for more information about

upcoming W&W meetings in your Local.

Welcome Back: WTAE-TV Employees Vote AFTRA

After a 13-year break in representation by the union, on-air employees at the

Hearst-owned station WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh voted on June 30 to return to AFTRA.

The unit includes 23 anchors and reporters, including both weatherpersons

and sports announcers. Their return is an indication of the changes in working

conditions over the years.

“It’s a different company and my hours, schedule and rights at work have gotten

worse,” said one longtime reporter at the station.

The vote for AFTRA was certified by the National Labor Relations Board on

July 14.

AFTRA Pittsburgh Local Executive Director John Haer served as the chief

negotiator for the union in the negotiations leading up to the vote.

“AFTRA is the voice for professional broadcasters

working in today’s evolving broadcast industry, and we’re

very pleased to welcome the employees of WTAE-TV

back to AFTRA Pittsburgh,” Haer said.

Negotiations are expected to begin later this year for the collective bargaining

agreement between AFTRA and Hearst.

AFTRA Buffalo Members Go Toe-to-Toe with LIN

In its efforts to unveil unfair and unethical tactics of station owner LIN Media

against journalists and anchors of WIVB-TV (CBS) in Buffalo, AFTRA has

launched a new campaign called “Buffalo Journalism Matters.”

The station is the only AFTRA-covered station in the Buffalo market. LIN Media

has not only implemented new regulations on AFTRA anchors and reporters,

but also cut essential resources for the members, compromising their ability to

continue producing quality professional work. This includes attempts to make

them “one-man bands” or multimedia journalists. As a result, many reporters

have been subject to repeated reprimands concerning their reporting methods.

“Right now, AFTRA is engaged in a tough battle with LIN Media, which imposed

its ‘last, best and final offer’ last December,” said AFTRA Buffalo Local President

Mylous Hairston. “Our union has started a campaign that aims to get the

company back to the table to negotiate a fair deal. Without AFTRA, the company

would’ve simply handed out cameras and told reporters and anchors to shoot

and edit.”

More information on “Buffalo Journalism Matters” and campaign updates can be

found at http://www.facebook.com/buffalojournalism.

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CIGNA to Provide Single Nationwide PPO Network for Health Plan Effective Jan. 1, 2011, CIGNA will become the AFTRA Health

Plan’s single nationwide Preferred Provider Organization

(PPO) network. Participants currently use the CIGNA Shared

Administration PPO network in 49 of 50 states, and soon they will

use the same PPO network for California health care providers.

The Health Plan will no longer use the Anthem Blue Cross PPO

network in California for dates of service after Dec. 31, 2010.

The CIGNA Shared Administration PPO network is a broad,

comprehensive network of health care providers. Before

AFTRA H&R’s Trustees decided to make this change, research

was conducted to confirm that the CIGNA network has

sufficient numbers of providers throughout California, and

the network includes the major California hospital systems

most utilized by AFTRA Health Plan participants. This change

offers simplicity for participants and health care providers—

particularly those providers who operate in multiple states—

while allowing AFTRA H&R to streamline administration and

better manage certain costs.

All current Health Plan participants were notified of this change

during the first week of August with an insert in the fourth

quarter Health Plan premium invoice mailing and through

an announcement at www.aftrahr.com.

Additional information also will be included in

the next “Benefits Update” newsletter, which

is scheduled to be mailed to all Health &

Retirement Plan participants in September.

Confi rm network status of California providersAFTRA members with Health Plan coverage should confirm the

network status of any California providers and plan ahead for

maternity care, elective surgeries, etc., to maintain continuity

of in-network care both before and after the transition of PPO

networks from Anthem Blue Cross to CIGNA. To identify providers

in the CIGNA network, visit www.aftrahr.com and click on “Find a

provider” to search CIGNA’s Shared Administration PPO Network.

If you learn that one of your health care providers is not in the

CIGNA network, you may nominate your provider to become a

member of the network. Details about how to nominate a provider

are available at www.aftrahr.com (Click on “Find a provider”) and

also will be included in the next “Benefits Update.”

New ID cardsAs a result of the California network change, new, simplified Health

Plan ID cards will be mailed to participants in December. The cards

will not be active until Jan. 1, 2011, but on that date, all participants

should begin using their

new ID cards and destroy the

old ID cards.

Additional resources and informationIf any members have other questions about the PPO transition

in California, please view the additional information at

www.aftrahr.com (Click on “FAQs”/“PPO transition FAQs”) or

call Participant Services at 800.562.4690.

New AFTRA H&R Blog Covers National Health Care Reform, Upcoming Health Plan Changes AFTRA H&R has created a blog at its www.aftrahr.com Web

site (Click on “News and updates,” then “Blogs”) with information

about health care reform and coming changes to the Health Plan.

The blog, “Health Care Reform and the AFTRA Health Plan,”

provides up-to-date information about the health care reform

regulatory process and coming changes to the AFTRA Health

Plan. Members with Health Plan coverage are encouraged to visit

this blog regularly for current news and developments. “Benefits

Update” will continue to provide Health Plan participants with

complete details about any changes to the Health Plan.

While the federal regulatory process often

moves slowly, AFTRA H&R will update its new

blog whenever there are new developments

to report. Also, comments to blog posts are

welcome, but AFTRA H&R staff members are

unable to respond personally to questions that

may be included in blog comments. If you have specific questions

about Health Plan benefits or a medical claim, please call

Participant Services at 800.562.4690.

The AFL-CIO has a readable timeline of changes to health care

in general (not necessarily to the AFTRA H&R plan) as a result of

the new health care law at www.aflcio.org/issues/healthcare.

Next ‘Benefi ts Update’ to Mail Soon AFTRA H&R’s next “Benefits Update” is scheduled to be mailed

to all Health & Retirement Plan participants in September. This

“Update” will include an announcement of upcoming Health Plan

changes related to the new health care reform laws, detailed

information about the California PPO network transition on Jan.

1, 2011, and other updates and important information. AFTRA

members who participate in the Health Plan and/or Retirement

Plan are encouraged to review the important information included

in the next “Benefits Update.”

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AFTRA Launches Access4Media Initiative

News & Broadcast

When AFTRA learned of complaints by journalists—including

AFTRA broadcast members—of being denied access to

information and areas by BP and its security contractors, local

law enforcement and the U.S. military in the Gulf region, the

union jumped into action, launching Access4Media.

The campaign highlights the serious problems journalists face

as they cover the oil spill and its aftermath.

“We are concerned about continuing reports that journalists

are being denied access to sources and public places

necessary for them to fully cover this important story,” said

AFTRA National President Roberta Reardon. “The causes

and effects of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon must

be uncovered and analyzed, and our only hope of getting to

the truth is through investigative journalism by professionals

with unfettered and unfiltered access to the sources.”

In June, AFTRA New Orleans Local

President Diana Boylston and Herta

Suarez, AFTRA’s executive director of

the southeast regional office in Miami

and New Orleans, attended two BP-

sponsored press events in Louisiana

to learn firsthand about the oil spill

response and media access. Then in

July, Amy Masciola, Strategic Campaign

Coordinator in the National Organizing

Department, traveled to Grand Isle, La.,

to meet with journalists covering the spill

and hear their stories. Masciola reported

on the challenges that journalists

continued to face for AFTRA members

on Anderson Cooper’s AC360 blog.

Soon after the initiative was launched, the U.S. Coast

Guard announced on July 12 it would give journalists “clear,

unfettered access” to the 65-foot “safety zone” around

protective booms that stretch along 560 miles of the Gulf coast.

“We applaud the Coast Guard’s reversal of its position on

media access to the safety zones that would have penalized

members of the media for simply doing their jobs,” Reardon

said of the decision. “The earlier directive, with its onerous

fines and possibility of jail time, did more to prevent accurate

reporting than ensure safety, and was a threat to the First

Amendment and to our democracy.”

In August, Access4Media broadened its reach by launching a

website and the Access Blog, featuring blog entries from

AFTRA officers and working journalists about access

problems journalists not only face in the Gulf, but in other

areas of the country as well.

The site,

Access4Media.org,

is a place where

journalists and the

public can link to

published reports

of access denied to

reporters in the Gulf

and elsewhere, as well

as resources on press

freedoms. The Access

Blog serves as a forum

for AFTRA members

and others to join the

discussion.

The Access4Media site

is also a clearinghouse

for reports of access

denial—which

users can submit

anonymously.

The April BP oil spill that killed 11 workers and injured many

others is one of the worst environmental catastrophes in

U.S. history. Its effects on the economy, the environment

and the people of the Gulf region will be an important story

for months, if not years, to come. Journalists must have

unfettered and unfiltered access to sources, places and

people in order to tell that story.

AFTRA will continue to monitor reports of limited or denied

access and keep all of our members—including broadcasters,

actors, recording artists and other performers—informed so

that they can work with allies in the labor movement and the

community to advocate for complete transparency from both

the government and private corporations.

BACKGROUND IMAGE: In a May 24 photo, NASA’s Terra satellite captures a false-color, high-resolution view of the very tip of the Mississippi River Delta. Ribbons and patches of oil that have leaked from the Deepwater Horizon well offshore are silver against the light-blue color of the adjacent water and the red-colored vegetation. Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

A news crew interviews a Grand Isle parks official on an oil-soaked beach.

AFTRA New Orleans Local President Diana Boylston stands outside the BP headquarters in Louisiana.

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I was not the coolest kid growing up.

I mean, I was cool in my own way, but my fellow “Middle Schoolers” didn’t exactly know it yet. Every nerd has a bully, and mine was Kenny Martin (name changed to protect the cruel), a salt-of-the-earth kid who went on to become a carpenter, most likely due to his years of experience nailing me to everything within reach. So when I found out I’d be presenting to a bunch of carpenters, electricians, painters, airline employees and other laborers at the AFL-CIO Next Up Young Workers Summit in Washington, D.C., I was naturally terrifi ed that an angry mob of Kenny Martins would boo me off stage, chase me down Pennsylvania Avenue and hoist me onto the White House fl agpole.

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We’re All

Brothers and Sisters

by Jeremy Redleaf, AFTRA New York Local member

This of course, couldn’t have been further from the truth.

I gave my presentation on “Using Social Media to Cultivate

a Grassroots Following,” based on my experiences creating

the award-winning Web series “Odd Jobs,” to more than 400

of the kindest, most inspired peers I’ve ever had the pleasure

of meeting. They laughed at my jokes (a feat in and of itself),

responded excitedly to my audience-participation sections

and lined up to talk to me after it was all over. They wanted

workshop ideas, to hear about the labor issues we as actors

face and to brainstorm ways we could work together.

Both sides walked away from the event realizing that we really

are all “brothers and sisters,” as the AFL-CIO affectionately likes

to call its members. The carpenters, painters, electricians, airline

employees and other laborers I met all face the same labor

problems we do, and I truly believe they’re willing to stand behind

us, which is wonderful news, because as new technologies

emerge, we’re going to need all the help we can get.

But we’ve got some work to do if we’re going to maintain a

symbiotic relationship. We need to find the young voice in our

EMBRACE YOUR UNION: A Q&A with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Shuler

Elizabeth Shuler became

the first woman—and

youngest officer—ever

elected Secretary-

Treasurer of the AFL-CIO

when she was voted into

office by acclamation

at the Federation’s 26th

convention in September

2009. She is deeply committed to AFL-CIO

President Richard Trumka’s call to renew labor’s

appeal to younger people, including organizing

the inaugural Next Up Young Workers Summit

in Washington, D.C., in June. Shuler took some

time out of her busy schedule to answer some

questions about the young workers’ initiative.

AFTRA: Why is the AFL-CIO committed to

reaching out to young workers?

Elizabeth Shuler: Young workers today need

the power of a collective voice. Like working

people of all ages, they’ve been hit hard by the

Great Recession. But for young workers, there’s

a strong chance the economic damage to their

lives could be permanent.

Maybe they know that the union movement

has a great resume—the eight-hour day, health

care, pensions and all the rest—but they don’t

have any idea what unions can offer them. We

need to reach them.

AFTRA: Some people would argue that young

workers in 2010 don’t need unions the way their

grandparents did.

Shuler: Actually, there’s never been a time when

young workers needed unions more than now.

Their generation is the first in American history

that’s likely to be worse off than its parents. For

young workers, education isn’t a guarantee

they’ll get a foothold, even when they can get

an education in the first place. They can work

hard, but that doesn’t guarantee that they can

feed their families.

If anyone in this society has ever needed

unions, it’s them. But unions have to change to

Jeremy Redleaf with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Shuler

at the Next Up conference.

Redleaf speaks at the AFL-CIO’s Next Up Young Workers Summit.

union. Whenever I reach out to my peers in waiting rooms, I’m

shocked at how few of them are open to getting involved. The

most frequent comment I hear is, “Eh, I don’t see how that stuff

affects me.” We need to make it clear to our younger members

that not only are their voices important and valued, but that the

union movement affects them. We should be asking ourselves,

“What Would Kenny Martin [the bully] do?” (W.W.K.M.D.) to get

our millennial members into the Wages and Working Conditions

forums, membership meetings and outreach events, because I

can tell you from experience, when you’re hoisted to a flagpole,

it’s hard not to take in the bigger picture.

Jeremy Redleaf is an actor and nine-year member of AFTRA,

currently living in New York City. His work includes the current

character “Gonnigan” on Season 40 of the AFTRA-covered

program “Sesame Street.” For the last 18 months, he’s been

celebrating the upside of downtown with “Odd Jobs,” winner

of the 2010 Streamy Award for Best New Web Series (www.

OddJobNation.com). Redleaf was invited by the AFL-CIO to

participate in the inaugural Next Up Young Workers Summit,

which took place June 10-13 in Washington, D.C.

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Jeremy Redleaf from AFTRA—who, by the way, gave a

great presentation—got it right. He said that everyone

realized that they really are all brothers and sisters.

AFTRA: So, what are the next steps?

Shuler: The summit came up with some good ideas, like

setting up a permanent committee of young workers to

harness the energy of Next Up and advise the AFL-CIO

Executive Council on young workers’ issues. That’s going

to happen. And there are going to be new ways for young

workers to take part in the AFL-CIO’s political action

program between now and Election Day—and in our

organizing program.

AFTRA: What is the one thing you’d want younger

members of AFTRA to know?

Shuler: If you haven’t focused much on AFTRA lately,

take another look. Your leadership is really committed to

embracing young workers. And when you’re in this union,

you’re not only getting fairer wages and better health

insurance—you are also part of a real movement that

works for justice and equality. I know it can change your

life, because it’s happened to me. It’s a great opportunity.

Embrace it. Make it your own.

make a welcoming place for them. We have to listen to them,

open up and give them a role—and we have to create new

models of representation for people whose work lives look

very different from their parents’ work lives.

AFTRA: What is the AFL-CIO doing to meet this need?

Shuler: A lot. Last year, our convention set out a good, clear

mandate to engage young workers who are already in unions,

and give them more of a chance to participate and lead—and

to reach out to young workers not in the labor movement, to

let them know what we’re about and connect with them.

We took that mandate and we’ve been running with it. This

spring, we had five Futures Forums in different regions of the

country to give young union members and activists a chance

to talk about issues that are important to them and what they

want in the union movement.

Then in June, the AFL-CIO organized a national summit

of 400 young workers called Next Up. The energy, the

passion, the debates, the discussions were amazing.

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made their last trip to the fictional town of Oakdale,

and then said goodbye with a champagne toast.

For the last 54 years, viewers have tuned in to listen

to Nancy Hughes McClosky’s words of wisdom, follow

the loves and losses of Dr. Bob Hughes and see

what web Lisa Grimaldi was spinning that week. But

on Sept. 17, “As the World Turns” will air for the last

time. Last December, CBS announced it would not

renew the daytime drama, following in the footsteps of

“Guiding Light,” which ended its record 72-year run in

September 2009.

With “ATWT’s” departure from television, so ends

the on-air legacy of Irna Phillips, the mother of “soap

operas,” who created the character structure and

story lines on which daytime dramas are based.

Phillips first created “Guiding Light” in 1937 and

followed almost two decades later with “As the World

Turns” as a “sister show” where many characters

crossed over.

Instead of melodrama, Phillips preferred to create

complex characters and place professionals—such

as doctors and lawyers—at the center of the story.

AFTRA got in touch with a few of “As the World

Turns” senior cast members to chat about the show’s

run, Phillips’ complex character creations and its end.

Checking in with ‘Dr. Bob’

Don Hastings wears many hats.

For more than five decades, he

played the role of the charismatic

Dr. Bob Hughes on the CBS

daytime drama “As the World

Turns.” Known for his troubled

marriages and even keel, the

character of Bob Hughes grew

from being the young doctor in

love in the 1950s to the patriarch

of Oakdale in the 21st century.

Through it all, Hastings has been

an active member of AFTRA—

sitting on the National Board

and New York Local Board,

participating in the Network

TV Code “Front of the Book”

negotiations and receiving the

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Every daytime drama has the “it

couple,” and for “As the World Turns”

it was Dr. Bob Hughes, played by

Don Hastings, and Kim Sullivan

Hughes, played by Kathryn Hays.

Photo: Arthur Cohen/TeleVest

“As the World Turns” veterans Eileen Fulton,

Elizabeth Hubbard and Marie Masters

share more than 100 years and 19 spouses

between them on the daytime drama, not to

mention countless lovers, health issues and

diabolical plans.

Debuting as Lisa Grimaldi in 1960, Fulton’s

character was the prototype for daytime’s

scheming vixen and “superbitch,” as “Time”

magazine once dubbed her character.

Masters first appeared as the troubled

Dr. Susan Stewart in 1968 (the character

was introduced in 1966 and was originally

played by Connie Scott). Her battles

with alcoholism and marrying a younger

man were fodder for her scheming and

dysfunction.

Hubbard joined the cast in 1984 as the

powerful businesswoman (and sometimes rival of Lisa) Lucinda Walsh. Known for

her fiery nature as well as her battle with breast cancer, Lucinda was married to

Brian Wheatley, who admitted to her he was gay after she found out that the night

before their wedding, he kissed her grandson.

The trio took some time to answer questions about the program for “AFTRA

Magazine.”

AFTRA: What was it like taping that last week—and your last day on the set?

Fulton: I have almost put it from my mind. It was very depressing. A lot of the

sets had been taken down and people had taken their pictures off the walls. We

learned so far in advance that the show would end, so people went through a

long withdrawal. At the end of the day, they had champagne. I did not stay. It

was over. It seems like we had many parties to say goodbye and I can’t stand

it—all the crying. I am going to miss everybody.

Masters: Like all disasters, the last day on “ATWT” didn’t seem real. It was,

after all, the end of the world as we lived it for 54 years. The entire studio

was crowded with people—actors, directors, writers, producers, stagehands,

designers, friends, families, reporters, well-wishers, etc.—all needing to say

goodbye; all wanting somehow to participate. But no one could really connect.

In spite of all the tears, laughs, hugs and endless toasts, we all knew the world

would stop turning.

Hubbard: The last week was very somber. We were all like a family and so it

was very emotional and heartbreaking. I feel very empty inside.

A: Marie and Eileen, you both had the pleasure of working with Irna Phillips.

What was it like working with her and her method of character development?

F: Sometimes it was wonderful. The first time I met Irna was when I joined the

show. I decided I was going to get my hair permed without telling anyone. It was

Leading Ladies: From Husband-Stealing to Alcoholism to Corporate Giants … and Everything In-Between

Eileen Fulton played Lisa Mitchell

Grimaldi since the character’s

introduction in 1960.

Photo: Danny Sanchez/CBS

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a very, very bad perm. They burned my hair. That same afternoon, there was a

hurricane and it blew my scarf off and my hair blew straight up. I had a ’fro you

would not believe. I met her and she told someone, “Tell that girl to do something

with her hair or else she’s out!”

M: Well, what I most remember about Irna Phillips is being introduced to her on

the set of “ATWT.” She looked into my eyes, called me Susan and gave me intimate

advice as if I were Susan Stewart. I was speechless. We were not actors—we were

her living breathing characters! All I needed to hear was Irna’s high heels click-

clacking on the studio floor, and I’d start to tremble.

A: Earlier this year, you lost the beloved Helen Wagner, who played Nancy

Hughes since the first day of the show. Tell us about Helen.

M: Helen Wagner was an alpha chick.

Beneath that perfect coif and starchy

apron beat the heart of a warrior babe.

Yes, a babe. The last time I saw Helen,

we sat in her dressing room and talked

about men—specifically her “ATWT”

husbands and boyfriends of the last

54 years. Names were not necessarily

attached, but feelings definitely were.

But none of them mattered except

Don MacLaughlin, who died in 1986.

He was “perfect,” she said staring

down at her shoes—the same shoes

she’d worn since I came on the show

in 1968. “What about pantyhose?”

she said, switching tracks on me.

“Pantyhose?” I asked. “I don’t like

them,” she said. “Then don’t wear

any,” I said. “You’ve got great legs.

You don’t need them.” She laughed

and we sat in silence for a while.

AFTRA Foundation’s AFTRA Media

and Entertainment Excellence

award (The AMEE) and the New

York Local’s highest honor, the Ken

Harvey Award.

“AFTRA was very important,”

Hastings said of the role the union

played for actors on “ATWT.” “It was

the only kind of voice we had.”

On Sept. 17, Hastings will appear

as his alter-ego Hughes for the last

time, when “ATWT” airs for the last

time. The network, CBS, decided

last December that it would not

renew the long-running soap. The

show is the latest casualty in the

continued upheaval of daytime

television.

“I think it’s a part of entertainment

that will be sorely missed by a great

many people,” Hastings said of the

decline of daytime dramas. “They

(the networks) go by these ratings

that don’t mean much. They don’t

really know how many people watch

this show. They have no idea. And

they don’t show respect for the older

viewers. They’re more interested in

young people.”

Hastings, however, remains

optimistic.

“There were days when daytime

paid for all their failures at night,”

he said. “With new media, they’ll

come back—from up in the sky

somewhere and on the Internet.”

But rather than dwell on the show’s

demise, Hastings is looking ahead.

“It was emotional,” he said of the

last day of taping. “They gave me

the last line. The social part of what

we had as an acting family is what

I’ll miss the most.”

F: I admired Helen tremendously. We shared a dressing room

when I first started on the show. We got along at first, more

or less. She wasn’t a fuzzy-wuzzy warm person, but she was

damn smart and I admired that about her. She was dedicated

to her work. The first day I met her at rehearsal, I remember

how warm and friendly she was and her beautiful smile. She

was one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen. She

was just radiant. When Lisa’s dear Eduardo was murdered,

Lisa was in such grief. There was a big puddle of blood on the

rug. Nancy came to Lisa’s apartment with mops and she said,

“It’s time we start living again.” And we just started cleaning

it up. It was a very good scene. I also remember that when

we would come in the morning to rehearse, I would always

forget a pencil. She would say to me, “Dear, some of us come

prepared,” as she gave me her extra pencil.

H: Helen was a pioneer of soaps and her loss was felt

throughout the Oakdale family. She was a fighter until the

end—a real trouper.

A: When you took your role, did you ever think it would

have the longevity it did?

F: They wanted me to sign a seven-year contract. I said, “I

will not do such a thing.” Because I was going to do other

The cast assembled for a 50th anniversary photo in 2006. Photo: Damaso Reyes/Telenext Media

The show’s main family, the Hughes’, in May 1985. Left to right: Don Hastings (“Bob

Hughes”), Kathryn Hays (“Kim Hughes”), Don MacLaughlin (“Chris Hughes”) and

Helen Wagner (“Nancy Hughes”). Photo: CBS Photo Archive

Betsy Stewart, played by Meg Ryan, and Steve Andropoulos, played by Frank Runyeon, pose for their wedding photo. Credit: CBS Photo Archive

For 54 years, Helen Wagner played the

role of matriarch “Nancy Hughes” on “As

the World Turns” and spoke the first words

of the daytime drama: “Good morning,

dear.” Wagner died on May 1, 2010, at the

age of 91. Photo: CBS Photo Archive

things, theater and movies and nightclub work, which I do. I

quit three times! I was very amazed and they were so kind to

do the special show for me on my 50th anniversary. AFTRA

has always come

through for me as

well. I’m very grateful,

especially for the

H&R Funds. If they

had left it up to me, I

would have nothing.

M: I was only on

the show for a few

months before I got

pregnant with my

twins. From then on,

all I thought about

were my kids. I never

thought about how

long “Susan” might

last. I certainly never

dreamed I’d still be

playing the same

character 42 years

later. And now, it

definitely does feel

like a dream. What

fun it was to have

an alter ego—one

so different from me. “Susan” was an alcoholic doctor with two

troubled daughters. She had a complete, if crazy, life, I could

step into and out of. Imagine how relaxing it is to deal with

someone else’s problems for a few hours, never have to solve

them and get paid for it.

H: Well, when I landed the role of Lucinda Walsh back in 1984,

I felt I was lucky. After more than 25 years, I feel I have been

blessed. Lucinda gave me so much, not just artistically, but

personally. To be able to come in to the studio and work with

great people and actually maintain and build a core fan base is

what every actor dreams of and I will miss Lucinda and my life

in Oakdale very much.

A: Speaking of Lucinda, she battled breast cancer twice.

Elizabeth, how important was it to you that her battle be

portrayed sensitively and accurately?

H: The breast cancer story was very close to my heart. Cancer

affects so many people, so doing justice to the story was my

main motivation. The show was very supportive and allowed

me a lot of leeway creatively to bring the story home. I received

many letters from cancer survivors and fans validating our

portrayal. In all, it was very humbling.

A: Marie, Dr. Susan Stewart had a “May-December”

romance with Dr. Larry McDermott (played by AFTRA

National and New York Local Board Member Ed Fry),

where she was married

to a younger man. Do

you think it was a risky

storyline at the time?

M: I loved working with Ed.

It was a great storyline—

pure Doug Marland (one

of the show’s writers at

the time). May-December

relationships are always

emotionally risky—

especially if the couple

wants to have a child and

the woman no longer can.

Doug was fascinated by

all the older women in

the news at the time, who

were being implanted with

fertilized eggs and carrying

babies for daughters

who couldn’t. So he had

Emily donate an egg to

be fertilized by Larry and

implanted it into Susan,

who gave birth to Alison.

Whew. What would have been even riskier is if Larry and Emily

had an affair and Emily had a baby too! Double whew!

A: Eileen, your character, Lisa, was the prototype for the

daytime drama “vixen.” What has it been like to play such a

diabolical character?

F: Well, that’s the only reason I wanted to do it. Originally, I

was supposed to be the sweet girl next door. I didn’t change

any of the lines at first, but I had dirty thoughts and it read in

my face. That’s when Irna Phillips said, “That little rascal can

play a ‘bitch’ and I’m going to write for her.” Lisa wasn’t really

that bad, she was just out for herself. She stepped on people,

got what she wanted, said she was sorry and then she just did

it again.

A: But over the course of the years, you have received

hate mail and threats because of Lisa. Didn’t that scare

you?

F: I had a body guard. In the early ’70s, I had horrible threat

mail, saying things like, “We know where you are, where you

work, where you live, and we’ll put an end to you.” It was a

compliment to me.

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AFTRA recording artist Cyndi Lauper, with Van Hansis (“Luke Snyder,” center)

and Jake Silbermann (“Noah Mayer,” right), visited Oakdale in 2008 to perform

at a gay pride benefit. Photo: Jimmy Wood/JPI

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Tee Time! The Frank Nelson Fund Takes to the Green

More than 20 teams of AFTRA performers, sports stars and

golfers turned out to support the Inaugural Frank Nelson

Fund Celebrity Golf Classic at Mountain Gate Country

Club on July 19. The event was hosted by Byron Scott,

newly appointed head coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers

and an NBC Coach of the Year. Between press interviews,

laughs and friendly competition, the event was a “hole in

one,” raising more than $60,000 for the Los Angeles Local’s

nonprofit Frank Nelson Memorial Sick & Benefit Fund.

The Fund is named in memory of character actor Frank

Nelson, who served AFTRA for many years, including

as National President and Los Angeles Local President.

The Fund, which is not funded by member dues, has a

long-standing mission to help qualified members who

face a crisis caused by illness, injury or other emergency

with temporary financial assistance for basic living needs.

For more information on the Frank Nelson Fund, email

franknelsonfund@aftra.com.

1. Robert Pine makes his raffl e choices. Photo: Leslie Simmons 2. Scott Elrod. Photo: Beth Coller 3. Susan Boyd Joyce and Bobbie Bates. Photo: Karine Simon 4. Sean Astin mimmicks the photographers. Photo: Beth Coller 5. FNF Golf Classic Chair Jon Joyce (L) and Los Angeles Local President Ron Morgan (R) present the top team trophy to tournament host coach Byron Scott. Photo: Karine Simon 6. Patrika Darbo with actor Ted Lange. Photo: Leslie Simmons 7. Hal Linden takes a break from the game. Photo: Leslie Simmons 8. AFTRA Los Angeles Local President Ron Morgan (center) takes his shot, as AFTRA National Treasurer Matt Kimbrough (L) and actor Pat Skipper (R) look on. Photo: Beth Coller 9. “Criminal Minds” star Joe Mantegna. Photo: Beth Coller 10. AFTRA National President Roberta Rear-don (center) with AFTRA’s Chris de Haan (L) and Mathis Dunn (R). Photo: Karine Simon 11. Golf Clas-sic Chair Jon Joyce with special guest, actress Geri Jewell, who spoke of the help she received from the Frank Nelson Fund. Photo: Karine Simon 12. Kath-leen Bradley (“The Price Is Right”) chats up “On the Red Carpet.” Photo: Leslie Simmons 13. Kate Linder (center) with her team (L-R), Arjay Smith, Harrison Page and Drew Tyler Bell. Photo: Beth Coller 14. Photo: Leslie Simmons 15. AFTRA Los Angeles Board member John Harlan. Photo: Leslie Simmons 16. NFL football star Fred “The Hammer” Williamson goes for the pass on red carpet. Photo: Beth Coller

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Among the scores of statements celebrating Henning are these

brief excerpts:

Sen. John Kerry: “I can’t imagine an election night in Boston

without John Henning. He was his media’s esteemed elder

statesman, a gentle giant for sure, but equally a giant news

force in every major Boston political story of the last four

decades. He was a class act…”

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick: “John Henning was a

consummate professional, a wise and dogged reporter, and

above all, a gentleman…”

Boston Mayor Tom Menino: “John was the consummate news

reporter. He was a guy of his word, a guy of class, a guy who

was always looking for the right story… John was one of those

John Henning, AFTRA Giant 1937 - 2010

By Dick Moore

News broadcaster John Henning, an

AFTRA giant who both covered and

left his mark on television news and

New England politics for more than

40 years, died from leukemia on July

7 at Massachusetts General Hospital

in Boston. He was 73.

His contributions to AFTRA and

broadcast journalism are unique.

At AFTRA, he received the union’s highest honor, the George

Heller Memorial Gold Card Award, in 2003; served on the

union’s National Board of Directors from 1968 until his death;

was an AFTRA National Vice President from 1970 to 1971.

He also was Chairperson of the Editorial Board of AFTRA’s

prize-winning magazine for more than 30 years; served on

the Boston Local’s Board of Directors; and was a perennial

convention delegate.

“John was a gentleman in word and deed. He loved the

truth and spent his life telling it, both as a journalist and as a

unionist,” said AFTRA National President Roberta Reardon.

“His devotion to AFTRA and the rights of working men and

women was clear and unequivocal. Over the years, he

repeatedly offered me support and direction that I value to

this day. It is an incredible honor to call him my friend and

colleague.”

Henning received the Governor’s Award for Excellence in

News Reporting from the Boston/New England Chapter

of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences,

was a member of the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of

Fame and a recipient of the Dennis Kauff Memorial Lifetime

Achievement Award.

As an award-winning journalist, Henning anchored primetime

newscasts on all three major Boston stations for a total of 25

years. As a political reporter and analyst, he covered every

statewide election in Massachusetts since 1962 and every

Boston election since 1963.

Henning was a rock: a funny, light-hearted, solid and sensitive

rock, who filled his time and space in life as a brilliant,

compassionate realist and caring companion.

Born in New York City, Henning worked part time for

newspapers in New York and New Jersey, graduated from

St. Peter’s College in Jersey City, and moved north to get

a master’s degree at Boston University. There, he began

working as an intern at a local TV station. In 1969, he and

Betsy Cohen, a graduate student at the University, were

married. She died in 2008.

In Memoriam

We Remember (June 4 - August 24)

individuals who worked hard at his job and wasn’t expecting

news to come to him. He went to the news. Boston loses a lot

with the passing of a stalwart like John Henning.”

Henning leaves two sons, Matthew Henning of Winchester,

Mass., and Gregory Henning of Boston; five brothers: James

Henning of New York City; Michael Henning of Charleston, S.C.;

Daniel Henning of Jacksonville, Fla.; Paul Henning of Glen

Cove, N.Y.; and Peter Henning of Keyport, N.J.; as well as three

grandchildren.

The Boston Local is establishing a broadcast scholarship

through the AFTRA Foundation in Henning’s name. Donations

in his memory should be made out to the AFTRA Foundation

and sent to the Boston Local, Attention Dona Sommers,

20 Park Plaza, Suite 822, Boston, MA 02116.

In Memoriam

John Henning with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka at the 2009 AFTRA National Convention. Photo: Johnny Knight Photo

The towering John Henning, rear, with fellow AFTRA Gold Card members (l-r) Dick Kay, Roberta Reardon, Kim Roberts Hedgpeth, Maureen Donnelly, Dan Ingram, Susan Boyd Joyce, Eileen Willenborg, Belva Davis, Dick Moore, Janette Gautier and Shelby Scott. Photo: Johnny Knight Photo

Henning listens to a fellow AFTRA member at the 2009 AFTRA National Convention. Photo: Johnny Knight Photo

John Aylesworth • Announcer

1928 - 2010

Maureen Bailey • Actor

1938 - 2010

Tab Baker • Actor

1959 - 2010

Himan Brown • Actor

1910 - 2010

Lorn Brown • Announcer

1938 - 2010

Dick Buckley • Actor

1925 - 2010

Hank Cochran • Singer

1935 - 2010

Elzbieta Czyzewska • Actor

1938 - 2010

Dana Dawson • Actor

1974 - 2010

Greg Dawson • Actor

1958 - 2010

Jimmy Dean • Actor

1928 - 2010

Chris Dedrick • Singer

1947 - 2010

George DiCenzo • Actor

1940 - 2010

Nancy Dolman • Actor

1952 - 2010

Harold Dow • Newsperson1947 - 2010

Glenn Falkenstein • Specialty Act

1932 - 2010

Peter Fernandez • Actor

1927 - 2010

Irene Cagen Forrest • Actor

1944 - 2010

Norman Chandler Fox • Announcer

(birth year unavailable) - 2010

James Gammon • Actor

1944 - 2010

Ronald Gans • Actor

1931 - 2010

Al Goodman • Singer

1943 - 2010

Carl Gordon • Actor

1932 - 2010

Walter Hawkins • Singer

1949 - 2010

Paul Johnson • Newsperson

1934 - 2010

Larry Keith • Actor

1931 - 2010

Kip King • Actor

1937 - 2010

Robin King • Announcer

1919 - 2010

Frances Kuyper • Actor

1918 - 2010

Abbey Lincoln • Singer

1930 - 2010

Dave McElhatton • Newsperson1928 - 2010

Mitch Miller • Specialty Act

1911 - 2010

Patricia Neal • Actor

1926 - 2010

Vince O’Brien • Actor

1919 - 2010

Harvey Pekar • Specialty Act

1939 - 2010

Anthony Peluso • Singer

1950 - 2010

Dan Resin • Actor

1931 - 2010

Daniel Schorr • Newsperson

1916 - 2010

George Shangrow • Announcer

1951 - 2010

Bob Sheppard • Announcer

1910 - 2010

Garry Shider • Singer

1953 - 2010

Cesare Siepi • Singer

1923 – 2010

Bob Sprague • Announcer

1939 - 2010

Jack Sydow • Actor

1921 - 2010

Lorene Yarnell • Specialty Act

1944 - 2010

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ATLANTAatlanta@aftra.com

Melissa Goodman, Exec. Dir.

455 E. Paces Ferry Rd., NE

Ste. 334

Atlanta, GA 30305

Phone: 404.239.0131

Fax: 404.239.0137

BOSTONboston@aftra.com

Dona Sommers, Exec. Dir.

20 Park Plaza, Ste. 822

Boston, MA 02116-4399

Phone: 617.262.8001

Fax: 617.262.3006

BUFFALOBroadcast Department:

800.638.6796

National Membership:

866.855.5191

CHICAGOchicago@aftra.com

Eric Chaudron, Exec. Dir.

One East Erie, Ste. 650

Chicago, IL 60611

Phone: 312.573.8081

Fax: 312.573.0318

CLEVELANDcleveland@aftra.com

Cathy Nowlin, Exec. Dir.

820 W. Superior Ave., Ste. 240

Cleveland, OH 44113-1800

Phone: 216.781.2255

Fax: 216.781.2257

DALLAS/FORT WORTHdallas@aftra.com

T.J. Jones, Texas Reg. Exec.

15110 N. Dallas Pkwy., Ste. 445

Dallas, TX 75248

Phone: 214.363.8300

Fax: 214.363.5386

DENVERdenver@aftra.com

Julie Crane, Exec. Dir.

1400 16th St., Ste. 400

Denver, CO 80202

Phone: 720.932.8228

Fax: 720.932.8194

DETROITdetroit@aftra.com

Lorain Obomanu

Exec. Dir./Nat’l Rep.

23800 W. Ten Mile Rd., Ste. 228

Southfi eld, MI 48033

Phone: 248.228.3171

Fax: 248.223.9223

FRESNOContact San Francisco

Local: 415.391.7510

HAWAIIContact Los Angeles

Local: 323.634.8100

Members only call toll-free:

866.634.8100

HOUSTONhouston@aftra.com

Contact Texas Regional offi ce

214.363.8300

Members only call toll-free:

800.922.3872

KANSAS CITYkansascity@aftra.com

John Miller, Exec. Dir.

P.O. Box 32167

4000 Baltimore, 2nd Fl.

Kansas City, MO 64111

Phone: 816.753.4557

Fax: 816.753.1234

LOS ANGELESlosangeles@aftra.com

Bill Thomas, Exec. Dir.

5757 Wilshire Blvd., 9th Fl.

Los Angeles, CA 90036-3689

Phone: 323.634.8100

Fax: 323.634.8246

MIAMImiami@aftra.com

Herta Suarez, Exec. Dir./

Southeast Reg. Dir.

3050 Biscayne Rd., Ste. 501

Miami, FL 33137

Phone: 305.571.9891

Fax: 305.571.9892

Members outside Miami area

Phone: 800.330.2387

MILWAUKEEContact Chicago

Local: 312.573.8081

NASHVILEnashville@aftra.com

Randall Himes, Exec. Dir.

P.O. Box 121087

1108 17th Ave. South

Nashville, TN 37212

Phone: 615.327.2944

Fax: 615.329.2803

NEW ORLEANSContact Miami

Local: 800.330.2387

NEW YORKaftrany@aftra.com

Stephen Burrow, Exec. Dir.

260 Madison Ave., 7th Fl.

New York, NY 10016-2401

Phone: 212.532.0800

Fax: 212.545.1238

OMAHAErik Whitmore, President

3000 Farnam St., Ste. 3E

Omaha, NE 68131

Phone: 402.346.8384

ORLANDOContact Miami

Local: 800.330.2387

PEORIAContact National:

866.855.5191

PHILADELPHIAphiladelphia@aftra.com

Stephen Leshinski, Exec. Dir.

230 South Broad St., Ste. 500

Philadelphia, PA 19102-1229

Phone: 215.732.0507

Fax: 215.732.0086

PHOENIXphoenix@aftra.com

Roxanne Chaisson, Exec. Dir.

20325 N. 51st Ave., Ste. 134

Glendale, AZ 85308

Phone: 623.687.9977

Fax: 623.362.2218

PITTSBURGHpittsburgh@aftra.com

John Haer, Exec. Dir.

625 Stanwix St., Ste. 2007

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Phone: 412.281.6767

Fax: 412.281.2444

PORTLANDportland@aftra.com

Edward Taub, Nat’l Rep.

1001 SE Water Ave., #305

Portland, OR 97214

Phone: 503.279.9600

Fax: 503.279.9603

ROCHESTERContact National: 866.855.5191

SACRAMENTO/STOCKTONContact San Francisco

Local: 415.391.7510

Members only call toll-free:

888.238.7250

SAN DIEGOContact Los Angeles

Local: 866.634.8100

SAN FRANCISCOsf@aftra.com

Frank Du Charme, Exec. Dir.

350 Sansome St., Ste. 900

San Francisco, CA 94104

Phone: 415.391.7510

Fax: 415.391.1108

SCHENECTADY/ALBANYContact New York

Local: 212.532.0800

SEATTLEseattle@aftra.com

Brad Anderson, Exec. Dir.

123 Boylston Avenue East

Ste. A

Seattle, WA 98102

Phone: 206.282.2506

Fax: 206.282.7073

ST. LOUISstlouis@aftra.com

John Miller, Exec. Dir.

1310 Papin St., Ste. #103

St. Louis, MO 63103

Phone: 314.231.8410

Fax: 314.231.8412

TRI-STATEIncludes Cincinnati,

Columbus & Dayton, OH;

Indianapolis, IN,

and Louisville, KY

tristate@aftra.com

John Haer, Exec. Dir.

Tim Williams, Nat’l Rep.

1056 Delta Ave., #4

Cincinnati, OH 45208

Phone: 513.579.8668

Fax: 513.579.1617

TWIN CITIEStwincities@aftra.com

Colleen Aho, Exec. Dir.

2610 University Ave. W.

Ste. 350

St. Paul, MN 55114

Phone: 651.789.8990

Fax: 651.789.8993

WASHINGTON/BALTIMOREwash_balt@aftra.com

Patricia O’Donnell, Exec. Dir.

7735 Old Georgetown Rd.

Ste. 950

Bethesda, MD 20814

Phone: 301.657.2560

Fax: 301.656.3615

LOCAL LEADER: Mylous Hairston

AFTRA Buffalo President Mylous Hairston knows all too well the benefits of an AFTRA contract and the challenges that face people working without one. “My station, WIVB-TV, is the only AFTRA station in the Buffalo market. Many of our colleagues at competing stations are impressed and amazed when they are told of the provisions in our bargaining agreement,” he says. But many of those provisions are under attack. The Buffalo Local is engaged in a battle with station owners, LIN Media, with Hairston leading the fight (see At the Table p. 12). “We are better with union protection,” Hairston says. “We are stronger if more people join and get INVOLVED. It’s not enough to pay your initiation fee and dues. Be an active member. Show up to meetings and offer suggestions. That way, the union will grow and serve us all better.”

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Local Leader: Mylous Hairston

AFTRA Buffalo President Mylous

Hairston knows all too well the

benefits of an AFTRA contract and the

challenges that face people working

without one. “My station, WIVB-TV, is

the only AFTRA station in the Buffalo

market. Many of our colleagues at

competing stations are impressed

and amazed when they are told of the

provisions in our bargaining agreement,”

he says. But many of those provisions

are under attack. The Buffalo Local is

engaged in a battle with station owners,

LIN Media, with Hairston leading the

fight (see At the Table p. XX). “We are

better with union protection,” Hairston

says. “We are stronger if more people

join and get INVOLVED. It’s not enough

to pay your initiation fee and dues. Be

an active member. Show up to meetings

and offer suggestions. That way, the

union will grow and serve us all better.”

AFTRA launches Access4MediaAGoodbye ‘As the World Turns’ dia Remembering John Henning

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Fall 2010

Next Up Summit: ‘We’re All Brothers

& Sisters’

AFTRA member Jeremy Redleaf