National President's Message

In This Bright Future, You Can't Forget Your Past

This past summer, both AFTRA and the AFL-CIO held national conventions in the heartland of America’s Midwest: AFTRA in Chicago and the AFL-CIO in Pittsburgh. Conventions are energizing occasions that provide union members an opportunity to gather and reflect, to marvel at our victories, note the things we can do better and honor those who have committed courageous acts of union leadership.

Conventions are also about the future. They give us a forum to sit down with each other in the same room, share our stories and ambitions, debate, discuss, listen and learn, and in the end, stand together, shoulder-to-shoulder and turn to the world and declare with one voice: “THIS is who we are, THIS is our mission and THIS is where we are headed!”

Two years ago, AFTRA convention delegates stood as one and gave a full-throated roar of approval to step up and seek direct affiliation with the AFL-CIO, to become a full member in
the House of Labor. This year again, AFTRA delegates worked together as one unified body, embracing our diversity across member categories and geographical lines, to approve an initiation fee increase that will enable AFTRA to more effectively secure our future devoting increased resources to organizing new and better jobs for new and longtime members alike.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF PRESIDENT REARDON'S MESSAGE ON PAGE 5 of AFTRA MAGAZINE FALL 2009 ISSUE.

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