SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris was honored by the Jewish Labor Committee Western Region with the Elinor Glenn Leadership Award at its annual brunch on Sunday at the CBS Studio Center, Radford Lot in Studio City, Calif. The award was presented by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
"This is a tremendous honor and I am particularly moved to receive the Elinor Glyn Award which is named for the innovative author and screenwriter who was a staple of 1920's cinema. I thank the Jewish Labor Committee for this recognition and for their efforts to ensure social and economic justice for working people," Carteris said.
Carteris was recognized for her years of labor activism and her service to SAG-AFTRA's some 160,000 members. The JLC this year also recognized Ron Herrera, of the Teamsters Local 396 and David Campbell of the United Steelworkers Local 675.
Carteris' journey into union service started almost a decade ago when she was shooting a Lifetime movie in Canada and was injured on set during a fight scene that left her partially paralyzed. She was soon elected to AFTRA's Los Angeles Local Board. Later, she became one of the few leaders to serve jointly on both the AFTRA National Board and SAG National Board. In 2011, her service expanded when she was elected AFTRA's Los Angeles Local president and national 2nd vice president.
After helping lead the 2012 merger of SAG and AFTRA, she served as co-president of the L.A. Local and national vice president, Los Angeles. At SAG-AFTRA's inaugural National Convention in 2013, Carteris was elected executive vice president, a position she held until April 2016, when the National Board elected her president in a historic vote.
In addition to her union service, Carteris remains a working actor. She recently recurred on the primetime series
CODE BLACK and previously hosted her own talk show, Gabrielle. She became a household name playing Andrea Zuckerman on the Aaron Spelling program Beverly Hills, 90210, which ended up being one of the longest-running one-hour series in television history and has been viewed in more than 100 countries.
About JLC The Jewish Labor Committee, an independent secular 501(c)3 organization, is
THE VOICE of the Jewish community in the labor movement and
THE VOICE of the labor movement in the Jewish community. Whether through its national office in New York or local offices and lay-led groups across the United States, the JLC enables the Jewish community and the trade union movement to work together on important issues of shared interest and concern, in pursuit of our shared commitment to economic and social justice.
About SAG-AFTRA SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org. Follow SAG-AFTRA on Twitter (
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