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102 SAG-AFTRA | Fall/Winter 2022 | sagaftra.org News from Locals Across the Country S AG-AFTRA members joined their brothers, sisters and kin at Labor Day parades across the nation to honor and celebrate the value of work. One of the largest took place in the Big Apple, where, on Sept. 10, members marched up 5th Avenue at the New York City Central Labor Council's annual New York City Labor Day Parade and March. With the theme of "Workers Leading, Workers Rising," it was the first time the parade took place since September of 2019. According to the NYC-CLC, the event included 80,000 marchers representing more than 200 unions, and 26,000 spectators cheering on from the sidewalks. This year, SAG-AFTRA was joined by the Hip-Hop Alliance, which seeks to educate hip-hop and R&B artists about fair labor practices. Elsewhere, members made their voices heard in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago and Buffalo, New York, again demonstrating that when workers join together, great things happen. Coast-to-Coast, Members Celebrate Labor BUFFALO Right, SAG-AFTRA members, led by the MOVE New York Central N.Y./Western N.Y. Subcommittee, march in the Buffalo AFL-CIO Labor Day parade on Sept. 5. From left, Jon Cesar, Daniel Greer, Paulette D. Harris, Richard Satterwhite, SAG-AFTRA MOVE New York CNY/WNY Subcommittee Co-Chair Louise Simon Schoene, Jill Mack and A.J. Verel. Members marched to Cazenovia Park with their AFL-CIO labor siblings for the first time since the pandemic shutdown in March of 2020. NEW YORK CIT Y Left, N.Y. Local First Vice President Linda Powell, Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and N.Y. Local President Ezra Knight pose for a selfie. Above, New York State Department of Labor Commissioner and former SAG-AFTRA Co-President Roberta Reardon, center, and New York City Central Labor Council President Vincent Alvarez with the SAG-AFTRA and Hip-Hop Alliance contingent. MARGARITA CORPORAN MARGARITA CORPORAN

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