The opposition party at SAG-aftra’s local in New Orleans has won a resounding victory in a re-run of the August election that was mandated by the local’s election committee. Olga Wilhelmine, who won the original contest for a seat on the national board, won again in the re-run, as did all of her running mates on the Nola Slate for Change.
Wilhelmine handily defeated Charles Ferrara for the national board seat, 151-64 – a margin of 70%-30%. In the August election, she defeated him 56-44%. Ferrara also lost in the race for vice president, as he did the first time, to Randal Gonzalez, who this time got 62% of the vote. Kerry Kelly Gridley won again as secretary, this time with 70% of the vote.
The re-run was ordered after the local’s election committee found that the Nola Slate for Change candidates had accepted “unlawful contributions” from employers at a...
Wilhelmine handily defeated Charles Ferrara for the national board seat, 151-64 – a margin of 70%-30%. In the August election, she defeated him 56-44%. Ferrara also lost in the race for vice president, as he did the first time, to Randal Gonzalez, who this time got 62% of the vote. Kerry Kelly Gridley won again as secretary, this time with 70% of the vote.
The re-run was ordered after the local’s election committee found that the Nola Slate for Change candidates had accepted “unlawful contributions” from employers at a...
- 12/17/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Saying that “your vote counts, even if they make you do it twice,” a group of SAG-AFTRA members in New Orleans say they will “embrace” the mandated re-run of their local’s election even though they think the do-over is the result of a “biased decision.”
“The decision to re-run the Nola election is a biased decision, and extremely discouraging,” said the Nola Slate for Change opposition party, which won all but one of the contested local races. “News of this ruling quickly reverberated throughout our local membership. The committee’s decision is seen as an ‘old guard’ attempt to discount the membership’s desire for systematic change. The outpouring of support and encouragement for the Nola Slate for Change candidates has pushed us to embrace the re-run as another opportunity for our membership to clearly state their desire for overwhelming change.”
The order to re-run the election...
“The decision to re-run the Nola election is a biased decision, and extremely discouraging,” said the Nola Slate for Change opposition party, which won all but one of the contested local races. “News of this ruling quickly reverberated throughout our local membership. The committee’s decision is seen as an ‘old guard’ attempt to discount the membership’s desire for systematic change. The outpouring of support and encouragement for the Nola Slate for Change candidates has pushed us to embrace the re-run as another opportunity for our membership to clearly state their desire for overwhelming change.”
The order to re-run the election...
- 10/9/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
New Orleans SAG-AFTRA Local Ordered To Re-Run Recent Election Over “Unlawful” Campaign Contributions
Exclusive: The New Orleans local of SAG-AFTRA has been ordered to re-run its recent election. The order, handed down by the local’s election committee in a 12-page decision, found that the winning Nola Slate for Change candidates had accepted “unlawful contributions” from employers at a campaign event held on June 29. Matthew Modine, who finished second to Gabrielle Carteris for national SAG-aftra president, attended the event, and was endorsed by the Nola Slate for Change.
A protest filed with the election committee by several losing candidates alleged that a local distillery had provided the venue for the event, and the food and beverages that were served there. In its findings, the election committee wrote: “We conclude that there were improper employer contributions made that benefited the Nola Slate for Change, that these contributions violated the Election Policy and federal law, and that the violations may have affected the outcome of the election.
A protest filed with the election committee by several losing candidates alleged that a local distillery had provided the venue for the event, and the food and beverages that were served there. In its findings, the election committee wrote: “We conclude that there were improper employer contributions made that benefited the Nola Slate for Change, that these contributions violated the Election Policy and federal law, and that the violations may have affected the outcome of the election.
- 10/4/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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