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80 SAG-AFTRA | Fall/Winter 2021 | sagaftra.org service to the union. This year's honorees were Vice President, Actors/Performers William Charlton; National Board member Bill Mootos; Chief Communications & Marketing Officer Pamela Greenwalt; and Chief Financial Officer Arianna Ozzanto (see page 72). On Sunday, Crabtree-Ireland addressed delegates and leadership, reporting on the state of the union. He spoke about the merits of inter-union cooperation and how it was key to creating and implementing the Return to Work Agreement. "It was a big achievement to have all those unions sit down and create an industrywide agreement that let our members get back to work, and we're already seeing long-term, positive effects from this. Our relationship with those unions is stronger than it has ever been, and I believe this will translate directly into greater success at the bargaining table," he said. Crabtree-Ireland also praised SAG-AFTRA's success in public radio and Spanish-language media organizing, and the union's recent victories in the areas of sexual harassment prevention. He discussed the work being done to address technology's influence on entertainment Living up to its theme of "Virtual / Vital / Visionary," the convention's online spaces conveyed the feel of an in-person convention hall, complete with a main stage for important presentations, including the American Scene Awards hosted by SAG-AFTRA National Board member Yvette Nicole Brown and actor Ken Jeong.