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ALOHA: Members of Local 700's District 2 delegation. By A.J. Catoline I t was a working vacation in Honolulu for the elected delegates of the Editors Guild. Some parts sand and sun, and the rest solidarity. Yet even on the warm and idyllic shores of Oahu, IATSE convention-goers could not escape thoughts about a hotter summer of Hollywood labor unrest and a lack of jobs back home. The 79th annual District 2 Convention of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) convened June 10 at the Sheraton Waikiki. The Guild sent 23 delegates — elected by the general membership every four years — including National Executive Director Cathy Repola, President Alan Heim and Western Executive Director Scott George. The large group of delegates spent the weekend connecting with fellow IATSE brothers, sisters, and kin — especially among other locals in the Hollywood film and television bargaining group — across t h e re g i o n o f C a l i fo r n i a , Neva d a , A r i- zona, and Hawaii. The convention site rotates each year and in 2024 will go to Lake Tahoe, California. I n t e r n a t i o n a l V i c e - P r e s i d e n t a n d District 2 Co-Chair Mike Miller opened the convention on a note of compassion to union members still recovering from production shutdowns following the COVID pandemic and now struggling with work stoppage due to the Writers Guild of Ameri- ca (WGA) strike, which began May 1. " I t i s a n A M P T P - l e d s t r i k e , t o b e 10 C I N E M O N T A G E D I S T R I C T 2 MAKING WAVES SUN AND SOLIDARITY AT IATSE CONVENTION