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SAG-AFTRA and Other Arts Unions Call on Lawmakers to Provide Emergency Relief Aid

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The unions representing arts, media and entertainment are calling on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Congress to pass emergency relief legislation that both enhances and expands state unemployment benefits, and sends direct cash to the impacted workers they represent. “Arts, entertainment, and media workers have been hit hard by this public health and economic crisis,” said Jennifer Dorning, president of the Department for Professional Employees. “Overnight, production and performances industry-wide shut down indefinitely, leaving most entertainment and media workers without a source of income to cover essential expenses.

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