The Mark Simone Show continues on 710 W0R.

In for Mark today is Jim Kerr.

Good morning.

It is my pleasure to introduce to you Rebecca Damon, who is the chief labor policy officer and New York executive director at SAG After.

That stands for Screen Actors Guild,

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. And for full disclosure, I'm a member of that union,

and my fellow members have elected me to serve on the national and local boards of that union here at

IHart Radio in New York,ork all the people you hear on the air

we are all members of sag aftra and rebecca damon obviously has a very important job as executive director of the union here in new york city where there are 34,000 members of the new york local

but she does a lot more than serve those of us who are members.

Her legislative efforts have an effect, not just on those of us who are members of the Union,

but have an effect upon all of you, especially concerning AI.

And Rebecca, welcome to the Mark Simone show.

Hey, Jim.

It's so good to hear from you in this context, not just in the boardroom on the air.

Well, the fact of the matter is that with state legislatures around the country, different legislative initiatives that you are involved in, as well as appearances before congressional committees in the House and in the

Senate, you've been trying to build bipartisan coalitions to create protections that, of course,

protect your members, but also protect the general public at large. For instance, the No Fakes Act.

And I understand a new law went into effect the Take It Down Act.

Absolutely.

Yeah, I think this is something that everybody should pay attention to

because while it obviously affects SAGAP members like yourself, like our film, television, video game, actors, broadcasters, singers, dancers, recording artists.

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