Leaders from the actors' and screenwriters' unions, both of which are currently on strike, protested outside Amazon's Culver City offices in support of state Senate Bill 799.
Members of the SAG-AFTRA actors’ guild and the Writers Guild of America came together Thursday morning for a protest outside Amazon Studios in Culver City. But their real target was hundreds of miles away at the California statehouse in Sacramento.
The Times counted at least 100 attendees at the joint writers-actors event, with many wielding black-and-red WGA picket signs or black-and-yellow SAG-AFTRA ones. A volunteer distributed additional signs focused specifically on expanding unemployment benefits. Workers often rely on various options for paying their bills while on strike, including personal savings, side hustles and strike funds, though programs such as the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s emergency assistance programAmong Thursday’s other speakers were representatives from the Service Employees International Union, which organizes workers in healthcare and other industries, and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, an entertainment industry union made up of below-the-line...
The state also borrowed $20 billion from the federal government in 2020 to fund unemployment claims. To repay that loan, employers would pay additional taxes.
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