The Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA are pushing California lawmakers to grant unemployment benefits to striking workers. In California, workers currently do not receive unemployment pay when…
The Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA are pushing California lawmakers to grant unemployment benefits to striking workers.
The Hollywood unions held a rally on Thursday outside Amazon in Culver City to express support for the bill. They noted that New York and New Jersey already extend unemployment benefits to workers on strike. “Even though we’re unemployed, none of us can access unemployment,” she said. “We’re almost 130 days into this and I’m going broke. My savings have dwindled down to almost nothing. I’m relying on financial help from my family and visiting food banks to get groceries.”“This insurance is supposed to be there for us when we cannot work,” she said.
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