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Actors’ Equity Lauds Senate For $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill
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deadline.comBy David Robb Labor Editor Actors’ Equity, the union representing actors and stage managers in live theater, is praising the $2 trillion Senate bill for the expansion of access to unemployment benefits that the bill will afford to arts and entertainment workers.
The bill, which gives unemployed workers an extra $600 a week on top of their regular state benefits for four months — and $1,200 to most tax-payers — is expected to be approved by the House shortly. “On Broadway alone,” the union said, “16 shows were scheduled to open during the period when all shows were suspended.
One off-Broadway venue has postponed 109 shows impacting the livelihoods of 37 actors. For those who lost work who had not begun the job, the bill will create new
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