Happy New Year!
The Missouri Valley Local of SAG-AFTRA has a new home.
We are now located at the University Club Tower on Brentwood Blvd.
1034 S. Brentwood Blvd.
Suite 1310
Richmond Heights, MO 63117
(314) 231-8410
The office is open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is free parking available in the lot and garage.
We hope you will come and visit the staff and take advantage of all your union has to offer.
In solidarity,
Tom Murray
SAG-AFTRA Missouri Valley President
Stop So-Called Right-to-Work in Missouri
We need your help to stop the so-called “Right-to-Work” bill from becoming law in Missouri. Statistics show that RTW drives wages down, compromises workers’ safety, reduces health care benefits and increases state’s poverty rates.
RTW is scheduled to take effect on August 28 but the Missouri AFL-CIO has implemented a ballot referendum campaign. This will put the question of whether to retain or overturn the “Right-to-Work” law on the November 2018 mid-term ballot.
2017 SAG-AFTRA Missouri Valley Local Election Results
From left, Monica Espinosa, president of Kanas City Women in Film and Television; screenwriter Cheryl M. Willis; Maureen O’Brien, Missouri Valley Local executive director; and Dixie Henderson, Missouri Valley Local member-at-large and Women’s Committee member.
Members and staff at the annual membership meeting. Photo by Larry F. Levenson
The Missouri Valley Local Board of Directors hosted the annual membership meeting in Kansas City on May 12. Members were updated on the various activities, which included contract negotiations, election information and upcoming workshops and events in the Missouri Valley Local.
Ready Readers is always seeking high-quality readers and storytellers to inspire our children to love books. SAG-AFTRA members would bring an amazing gift of presentation and enthusiasm to truly excite the children. Part of the success of the Ready Readers program is that the same volunteer reads to the same classroom of children every week at the same time, creating strong bonds. Volunteers would need to commit weekly for 30 minutes plus drive time. Ready Readers will provide all of the training, mentoring, workshops, resources and support for SAG-AFTRA volunteers.
APRIL 2017 – SEEKING SUBMISSIONS
ONLINE SUBMISSION DEADLINE 02/06
Please share this information with all your filmmaker friends!
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is now accepting submissions from filmmakers residing in all states west of the Mississippi for its April 2017 Los Angeles Short Film Showcase. SUBMISSION DEADLINE is Monday, February 6, 2017. No deadline waiver.
