By David Robb Labor Editor IATSE president Matt Loeb is calling on the federal government to enact “emergency relief” for the thousands of entertainment industry workers who have suddenly found themselves without jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Specifically, he’s calling for new measures that would ensure the continuity of health benefits; enhance and extend unemployment, disability, and workers compensation benefits, and provide emergency paid leave for industry workers whose jobs have disappeared virtually overnight as film, TV, and theater productions have shuttered all across the country. “As social distancing measures are enacted and events and projects across all sectors of the entertainment industry are cancelled, it’s
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