We’re Suffering, Aid Now
Everywhere you turn, the latest news circling around the COVID19 pandemic is almost everyone is out of work, non-essential business must close to stop the spread of coronavirus, President Donald Trump will have relief money going to citizens, but it’s the entertainment industry that will take longer to recover because it’s not considered a real or solid industry, so artists, musicians, talent on stage, film, and television will all be effected, this is a brief roundup from Variety today of all the efforts needed to safe the music and entertainment industry.
First up, SAG-AFTRA and other unions are calling on lawmakers to provide emergency relief aid to every imaginable performing arts industry affected by closures caused by CDC guidelines in slowing down the coronavirus, incomes and livelihoods surely will come to a screeching halt, if it has not already if there’s no work, rents have to be paid, and mouths have to be fed.
Government in the United Kingdom announced today that it will cover 80 percent of wages those cinema and theater people not working because of the coronavirus, those who haven’t been working since March 1.
Even though Hollywood has called upon the United States Congress for help in its industry, there’s a good chance that Tinseltown will not be included in the bailout.
Netflix has created a $100 million coronavirus relief fund that will be spread out to key facets of the entertainment industry, such as unions and foundations representing works unemployed due to COVID19.
The National Association of Theater Owners urges passage of stimulus legislation for relief from COVID19, large and especially small movie theater owners were devastated by CDC crowd restrictions, forcing all movie theaters to close up shop, and have the worse box office returns last weekend in 22 years.
Just like the film, television, and theater industry had encountered sudden death due to COVID19, the music industry is calling upon Congress too for unimaginable help, representing all unions under the recording industry that represent recording artists, and workers under it.