In May, Local 700 retirees gathered in both New York and Los Angeles for the annual Retirees Luncheon. In LA, attendees met at the Universal Sheraton Hotel, with speeches from Cathy Repola and MPEG Sergeant at Arms Bill Elias, plus a special appearance from Oscar honoree Carol Littleton. In New York, retirees congregated at Gallagher’s Steak House. Good times!
Photos by Deverill Weekes (CA) and Matt Infante (NY).
LOS ANGELES
Cathy Repola, Bill Elias.
Alan Heim, Jim Melton, Robert Phillips,
Cathy Repola.
Erik C. Andersen, Lawrence Bock, Marshall
Harvey, Adam Weiss.
Mary Jo Lang, Bob Pemberton, Keitha Scott.
Elina Winston, Charles Winston.
(f) Andy Bell, Darleen Bell, Dennis Bajgrowicz,
(b) Denise Crouch, Kathleen Bajgrowicz.
Bob Pemberton, Mary Jo Lang, Ann Hadsell,
Bill Thiederman, Keitha Scott.
Kevin Long, Robert Long.
Stephanie Lowry, David Cunningham.
Darla McGlamery, Simonette Berry,
Cathy Repola.
Nicole Fletcher.
Lois Blaisch, Bob McNabb.
Robert Fisher.
Maysie Hoy, Greg Gerlich.
John Girard.
Maria Pasio, Jay Palmer.
Magic Moreno, Tatjana Moreno.
Stephen Meek.
Colleen Simpson, Tony Aquila.
Gregory Steele, Linda Steele.
Victor Iorillo.
Dennis Brookins, Cathy Repola.
Marvin Davis, Bill Elias.
Carol Littleton.
Cathy Repola.
Bill Elias, Danielle Dosch.
Bill Eilias, Lisa Dosch.
NEW YORK
Stephanie Schwartz, Lynda Schwartz.
Harriet Fidlow.
Dorothy and Stuart Zavolinsky.
Marty Levenstein, Misako Shimizu,
Susan Lazarus.
Jeff Wolf, Sandy Fong-Ging.
Edward and Eileen Friedman.
Eileen Friedman, Dennis Fierman, Richard Graf.
Jeff Wolf, Philip Weisman.
Stuart Stanley, Sandy Fong-Ging,
Pat McMahon, Jeff Wolf.
I started editing quarter-inch reels of recorded audio sessions, then got bumped up to an assistant working with film on a Moviola. I was surprised by how much I liked it.
Many members paid particularly close attention to the upcoming Basic Agreement talks, the first since the contentious negotiations in 2018 in which the Editors Guild, alone among IA locals, voted down the proposed contract. […]
