By David Robb
01.05.2020 - 02:35 / deadline.com
By David Robb
Labor Editor
Anticipating cost savings through employee furloughs and work-hour reductions, SAG-AFTRA’s Executive Committee today overwhelmingly approved a new $96 million budget that “responsibly corresponds to current and anticipated production shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” the union said in a statement. It’s the first time during the pandemic that the union has mentioned furloughs or cuts in work hours for its staff.
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