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sagaftra.org | Summer 2022 | SAG-AFTRA 51 HOUSTON-AUSTIN Houston-Austin Local President Mykle McCoslin attended the 2022 Working Families Awards Celebration hosted by the Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, on April 23. Held in Houston at the IBEW Local 716 facility, the event brought together labor, industry and community leaders. From left, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Leigh, McCoslin, Texas Democratic Women Harris County Metro Area President Daysi Marin, and politician Mike Collier. PORTLAND AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, left, with SAG-AFTRA Portland Local President Michelle Damis at the 2022 Oregon AFL-CIO Convention. Damis attended the Oregon AFL-CIO's biennial convention in March along with Local Secretary Chrisse Roccaro, who also serves as the local's delegate to the Oregon AFL-CIO's General Council. Roccaro and Damis discussed many issues affecting SAG-AFTRA members with other attendees, including Shuler and Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden. COLORADO SAG-AFTRA Colorado Local President Sonny G., left, and Local Board member and Colorado AFL-CIO liaison, Sheila Ivy Traister, right, join Josette Jaramillo, president of the Colorado AFL-CIO, at the COPE Convention in Pueblo Colorado on June 3. The alliance between these two organizations is strong, and the Colorado AFL-CIO and its affiliates are committed to supporting film incentive legislation in the state in order to improve work opportunities for SAG-AFTRA members. Masks were removed for pictures only. SEATTLE The SAG-AFTRA Seattle Local has a long history of working with the AFL-CIO county labor councils in both King County, Washington, with the Martin Luther King County Labor Council, and in Washington state, with the Washington State Labor Council. SAG-AFTRA Seattle Local President Rik Deskin, pictured left with late AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, has been a fixture as a county and state delegate, along with SAG-AFTRA Seattle Local Senior Business Representative Chris Comte. Other SAG-AFTRA members who have been involved at both the county and state levels include John Patrick Lowrie, Karen O'Leary, Laura Kenny, Robert Fuentes, Ashley Cozine, Rachel Glass, Zinnia Su and others. NEW YORK From left, SAG-AFTRA MOVE New York WNY/ CNY Subcommittee Co-Chair Louise Simon Schoene; Western N.Y. Area Labor Federation Field Coordinator George Boger; Executive Board member and former President Richard Lipsitz; Community Outreach Specialist Angela Blue; President Peter DeJesus; and SAG-AFTRA MOVE New York WNY/CNY Subcommittee Co-Chair Joe Wooley at the WNY Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO Annual Awards dinner on May 12 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. The event's featured guest speaker was 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East President George Gresham, and award recipients included members of the newly organized Starbucks Workers United. NEW YORK & PHILLY From left, New York Local Board member Kevin Scullin; Executive Director, New York Local, Labor Policy & International Affairs Rebecca Damon; Philadelphia Local President Nicole Izanec; and Philadelphia Local Executive Director Stephen Leshinski joined delegates and guests from affiliated unions at the New Jersey State AFL-CIO's 28th Annual Labor Awards Reception. This year's celebration, which took place on June 21 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, honored AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Phil Paturzo, vice president of labor relations at Bimbo Bakeries USA. COLORADO AFL-CIO