AFL-CIO Calls On Federal Government To Protect Entertainment Industry Workers
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deadline.comBy David Robb Labor Editor With hundreds of thousands of entertainment industry workers suddenly unemployed by the coronavirus shutdown, unions and guilds affiliated with the AFL-CIO’s Department for Professional Employees are calling on President Trump, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and Congress to quickly pass emergency relief legislation to enhance and expand state unemployment benefits and send direct cash to the impacted workers they represent. “Arts, entertainment, and media workers have been hit hard by this public health and economic crisis,” said DPE President Jennifer Dorning. “Overnight, production and performances industry-wide shut down indefinitely, leaving most entertainment and media workers without a source of income
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