New York actor Roberta Reardon was re-elected President of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) at the union’s convention in Seattle July 23. Reardon, who also serves as an AFL-CIO vice president and member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, told delegates:

I am a proud member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. It is a tremendous privilege and an honor to represent AFTRA in the great halls of labor at the AFL-CIO, and to know that when I speak on behalf of AFTRA, I am representing this wonderful, complex and interwoven tapestry of members.

The entertainment industry is changing, Reardon said, and AFTRA members need to address those changes.

We understand that companies have consolidated their power, and that we face corporations who have learned that diversification is the key to their success. We know that union members need more power to deal with these international giants, more power as we face the digital era that is fast upon us and more power as we struggle with increasing demands of a work world that has become more unorganized as it grows. AFTRA members believe that one of the best ways to grow that power is to do what we have always done in the face of adversity: lock arms and stand together.

National First Vice President Bob Edwards, satellite radio host from Washington, D.C., was re-elected to his post. Los Angeles actor Gabrielle Carteris was newly elected as National Second Vice President.

For more on AFTRA’s convention click here.

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