By David Robb
AFL-CIO Calls On Federal Government To Protect Entertainment Industry Workers
20.03.2020 - 20:13 / deadline.com
By 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
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