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FOR MEMBERS Union Pride in 140 Characters or Less SAG members showed their union pride on Labor Day weekend, with their participation in a nationwide Tweet-a-Thon. The event highlighted the important role unions play in securing fair wages and safe working conditions, and ensuring workers' rights are safeguarded. Personalities from television, movies, music and sports joined in to help get the word out and express their gratitude to the union movement. American Rights at Work, a policy and public education organization, calculated the campaign generated 13.5 million impressions on Twitter users with 18 percent of all tweets featuring the #sagmember hashtag, like many of the tweets below. #sagmember Esai_Morales Esai Morales Best career advice: Become a #unionmember #sagmember EmilyBergl Emily Bergl @ScreenActors Proud that we are all a #unionmember in my show @algonquinNYC Happy Labor Day! ichadlowe Chad Lowe Happy #LaborDay! Remember this country was built on the backs of Labor! And I am proudly pro union! yvettenbrown Yvette Nicole Brown I am PROUD to be a union member! @ScreenActors @AFTRA! Happy Labor Day weekend, everybody! #unionmember Tahitismith Kurtwood Smith I've been a member of a performers union since '66 still proud...still grateful! #aeamember #sagmember #aftramember #unionmember candacecbure Candace Cameron Bure I'm proud to be a #unionmember! Enjoy your Labor Day weekend. Giving a shout out to my union #sagmember AnikaNoniRose Anika Noni Rose Without my unions I couldn't work safely, fairly, have liveable wages, or health insurance. I'm with you 100%. AEA, SAG, AFTRA! Chris_Gorham Christopher Gorham Enjoy your Labor Day weekend! #SAGMember #UnionMember petergallagher Peter Gallagher Happy Labor Day! #UnionMember #SAGMember. Thanks to all who built SAG, our union, can't IMAGINE what life/work would be without you! Follow us on Twitter @ScreenActors SIGN SAG ONLINE: Producers can now sign new media, student, short, ultra low budget and corporate/educational productions online at SAG.org/ProductionCenter. The SAG Production Center also offers step-by-step tutorials and videos, FAQs, sample contracts, fillable forms and rate sheets. 24 SCREEN ACTOR - Fall 2011 SAG.org Nigerian Actors Visit SAG Headquarters click here for video S creen Actors Guild hosted a visit by a contingent of performers from the Actors Guild of Nigeria on October 12. The agenda included a presentation by SAG staff, a lunch with SAG elected officers and staff, and a chance to chat with SAG members at the national membership meeting. Nigeria is one of the world's most prolific filmmaking nations and its industry, known colloquially as Nollywood, employs more than a million people, according to The Washington Times. The visit allowed the eight African actors to examine the way SAG is organized, including how the organization's hierarchy is structured. Actors Guild of Nigeria National President Segun Arinze Aina- Padonou said he appreciated that SAG hires administrative and legal professionals to take care of the details, freeing actors to focus on craſt. Also during the visit, Aina-Padonou recorded a video in support of a World Intellectual Property Organization treaty to protect performers' rights (see page 22). SAG's efforts to reach out to actors in other countries have created a stronger international community of actors, which benefits all in the profession. From left, SAG President Ken Howard meets Actors Guild of Nigeria National President Segun Arinze Aina-Padonou, AGN National Secretary Ejezie Emeka Rollas and Obi Osotule.