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26 SAG-AFTRA | Summer 2021 | sagaftra.org For Members S AG-AFTRA and the Actors' Union of Turkey hosted Cooperation Day on June 28. The event was an opportunity to discuss collective bargaining and workers' rights on a global scale, and its program featured three insightful panels: Artistic Freedom of Expression; Diversity, Gender Equality and the Fight Against Harassment; and Solidarity and Unionization. Each panel featured members from international actors unions and subject-matter experts, including SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris and National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland; voice actor and AUT General Secretary Sercan Gidişoğlu; International Federation of Actors Vice President Denys Fouqueray and General Secretary Dominick Luquer; and Canadian Actors' Equity Association Executive Director Arden Ryshpan, among others. The initial panels focused on the common issues affecting performers around the globe, specifically censorship and workplace-based sexual harassment. Luquer noted that the efforts of SAG-AFTRA and AUT against worldwide exploitation and disenfranchisement are examples of the long-lasting changes global unions can make through collective organization and solidarity. "The intimate belief that we are responsible for each other [and] that what happens to one may well happen to anyone else is ultimately what brings us together to protect ourselves, to care for each other and be stronger together," said Luquer. Voice actor and Actors' Union of Turkey General Secretary Sercan Gidişoğlu, left, and SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland. Car Rental Discounts for Union Families Learn more at unionplus.org With Union Plus car rental discounts, your next trip just got a lot cheaper. Union members can save up to 25% with exclusive deals at six nationwide car rental companies. SAG-AFTRA-CR-07-22-2021 SAG-AFTRA, Actors' Union of Turkey Host Cooperation Day Virtual Symposium