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Fall 2020 – LOCAL695.ORG 11 Third Quarter General Membership Meeting Local 695 hosted an informational meeting (on Zoom) September 12, 2020, for the Third Quarter General Membership Meeting featuring two pre- sentations. PRESENTATION #1 COVID-19 and Workers' Comp Cheryl Wallach, a Partner from the legal firm of Ford & Wallach, has almost three decades of experience in workers' compensation law and is certified by the California State Bar as a Workers' Compensation specialist. Cheryl is a longtime friend of Local 695 and over the years has personally helped many of our members who have needed her guidance and help after a workplace injury. Joining Cheryl will be Scott Ford, Managing Partner at Ford & Wallach, with more than two decades' experi- ence of advocating solely on behalf of injured workers. PRESENTATION #2 Medicare for All/ Single-Payer Healthcare Mark Dudzic is the National Coordinator of the Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Healthcare, based in Washington, D.C. Mark has been a labor activist for more than forty years, is a Past President of Local 149—Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers in Rahway, NJ, and has been working with the Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Healthcare. Its mission is to ensure that the voice of the grassroots labor movement is heard in the debates over the future of healthcare and to advo- cate for a single-payer, Medicare-for-All healthcare system. It's worth noting that at its most recent quadrennial conven- tion in Boston in 2013 and again in Hollywood, Florida, in 2017, the IATSE Convention delegates enthusiastically passed resolutions expressing strong sup- port of single-payer healthcare solution. That said, many members still want to know how such a change could impact the health coverage we currently receive through MPI. Local 695 welcomes its new members NEW MEMBERS John Harton Y-7A Sage Bilderback Y-1 Scott Erickson Y-4 Taylor Coe Y-1 Cortney King Y-1 Tom was loved by everyone on every set and had the cool calmness and sense of humor that all good Boom Operators have. It was our good fortune that our last job together was thirteen seasons, along with Jeffrey Hefner, on CBS-TV's NCIS. Tom was dear friend and a lovely guy. He was dedicated to his union and loved his craft. Tom will be missed by all. Remembering Tom Thoms: A Tribute by Steve Bowerman STEVEN PRITCHETT PROJ. February 28, 1954 – May 4, 2020 MATHEW YERKE A-2 Sept. 26, 1975 – May 6, 2020 MELVIN NEIMAN Y-1 March 30, 1930 – Aug. 22, 2020 CHERYL THOMPSON Y-4 March 26, 1951 – Sept. 20, 2020 MARTIN "MARTY" BOLGER Y-7A Oct. 24, 1939 – Aug. 16, 2020 THOMAS "TOM" THOMS Y-7A-Y-8 Feb. 17, 1950 – Aug. 29, 2020 IN MEMORIAM From left: Jeffrey Hefner, Tom Thoms, Mark Harmon, Steve Bowerman