By Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/Reporter The movie theater industry is urging Congress to consider immediate relief for its 150,000 employees as they weather the current COVID-19 pandemic.
They are asking for the following relief measures: The Executive Board of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) today authorized $1 million dollars drawn from the Association’s reserve to aid movie theater employees who are out of work due to movie theater closures as a result of the coronavirus.
The money will be used as seed funds for an effort to help tide workers over in this crisis in cooperation with their industry partners.
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