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AFL-CIO’s Department For Professional Employees Urges Congress To Approve Increased Funding For The Arts & Public Broadcasting

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The AFL-CIO’s Department for Professional Employees is urging Congress to increase federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to $565 million in fiscal year 2022 and the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities to $201 million each – funding levels that were passed by the House of Representatives in July.“This is a critical moment for helping ensure that creative professionals can get back to work in the wake of the economic devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,” DPE president Jennifer Dorning said in a letter to the chairs, vice chairs and ranking members of the Senate and House appropriations committees. “The CARES Act and American Rescue Plan helped creative professionals get through the worst of the pandemic and allowed them to start to get back on stage and return to sets, but the reality is that industry employment remains below pre-pandemic levels.

Increased NEA, NEH, and CPB funding will help ensure that professionals working in the arts and public media can fully recover from the pandemic.”The DPE is a coalition of 24 unions representing over four million professional and technical union members, including SAG-AFTRA, the DGA, IATSE, the WGA East, Actors’ Equity, American Federation of Musicians, American Guild of Musical Artists, American Guild of Variety Artists, Guild of Italian American Actors, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Office and Professional Employees International Union, and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.“Funding the NEA and NEH at $201 million and CPB at $565 million means that these agencies can reach more Americans with their vital missions,” Dorning told the congressional leaders. “Through grants, seed

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