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SAG-AFTRA has named the recipients of the George Heller Memorial Award gold cards, which recognize contributions to the guild and its members.

Sheila Ivy Traister, Michele Proude, Janice Pendarvis, and Stacey Travis are set to receive the honor presented every two years at SAG-AFTRA’s national convention. The National Honors and Tributes Committee members from around the country select the honorees.

Traister, a SAG-AFTRA Former National Board Member, is a union advocate who has dedicated more than 44 years of cumulative service to the labor movement, having served on the SAG-AFTRA National Board, as president of the Colorado Local and as a current member of five national committees. The honoree has focused on committees that help promote inclusiveness of her industry and the labor movement and expand equal opportunity in the industry, including for performers who are Asian American and Pacific Islander, and performers with disabilities.

Proude, the SAG-AFTRA National Vice President,...

The latest race for a seat on SAG-AFTRA’s national board has been decided by the narrowest possible margin: In Colorado, Nancy Flanagan has defeated longtime incumbent Sheila Ivy Traister by a single vote, 71-70.

Traister has served on the national board since 2012, and her defeat is something of a setback for the union’s ruling Unite for Strength party, which had backed her. Flanagan, an independent who didn’t have the official backing of either of the union’s factions, said in her campaign statement that she “would be a fresh voice” in the board room. But Ufs, even though they backed her rival, says they consider her an “ally,” and that her tweets and retweets of messages of support for Ufs candidates and positions show that she is.

Only 143 of the Colorado local’s 600 eligible members cast ballots, meaning that 457 members didn’t vote.

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Three more local SAG-aftra elections – this time in Colorado, New Mexico and the Twin Cities – have been decided "without the necessity of a membership vote." Similar non-voting elections were recently held at the union's Hawaii, Missouri Valley, and Arizona-Utah locals. In Colorado, local president Sheila Ivy Traister was returned to office without opposition. None of the local's other officers, board members and convention delegates faced opposition either, and were…...

Three more local SAG-aftra elections – this time in Colorado, New Mexico and the Twin Cities – have been decided "without the necessity of a membership vote." Similar non-voting elections were recently held at the union's Hawaii, Missouri Valley, and Arizona-Utah locals. In Colorado, local president Sheila Ivy Traister was returned to office without opposition. None of the local's other officers, board members and convention delegates faced opposition either, and were…...

The Screen Actors Guild has announced election results for positions on several of its regional boards, as well as for several regional representatives to serve on the union's national board of directors.In the Seattle branch elections, Abby Dylan was elected to a three-year term as a national board member. Alex Terzieff, Gary Schwartz, Rik Deskin, and Lashon Watson won two-year terms as council members at large.The Portland, Ore., branch elected Doug Baldwin, Helena De Crespo, George Fosgate, and Michelle Mariana to three-year terms as council members at large.In the Florida branch elections, Nancy Duerr was elected to a three-year term as a national board member. Steve Gladstone won a two-year term as president. Ellen Wacher was elected to a two-year term as vice president, and Patrick Mickler won a two-year term as recording secretary. Matt Simpson, John Archie, Chris Beekie, and Joseph Sexton were elected to three-year...