After the Small Business Administration ran out of funds to provide coronavirus relief loans, an organization representing freelancers in independent media is calling for legislators to better support the self-employed and independent workers in a replenishment bill.
Freelancers Union president Rafael Espinal and 25 independent film and media groups — including the Sundance Institute, the Tribeca Film Institute, the Producers Guild of America and Film Independent — on Tuesday sent a letter to to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin asking them to "replenish SBA funding for PPP [Paycheck Protection Program] loans and institute measures to ensure that freelancers in film and media are able to access.
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