By Bruce Haring
17.03.2020 - 22:23 / deadline.com
By David Robb
Labor Editor
SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris is calling on her members to contact their representatives in Congress and urge them to adopt emergency relief packages to offset the sudden and widespread unemployment crisis in the entertainment industry caused by the coronavirus shutdown.
Here is her full statement:
“This is a challenging time for all of us,” she said in a message to her members today. “Our lives and our industry are changing in many ways. One of the things
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By David Robb
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By David Robb
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