Where entertainment industry workers can go for help during the coronavirus crisis

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Coronavirus: Entertainment industry workers are hurting. How they can get help

has caused a wave of shutdowns across the entertainment industry, from film shoots to concerts and music festivals.

Many crew members, assistants and other workers who have been living from paycheck to paycheck now are dealing with the fallout, as more than 100,000 workers in the entertainment industry are now out of a job. “We are seeing many, many people in a desperate situation; the emails we are seeing are absolutely heartbreaking,” said Todd Vradenburg, executive director of Will Rogers Pioneers Assistance Fund, which helps workers in the motion picture business. “We are going to provide a little bit of relief to as many people as we possibly can.”

 

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By getting a real job.

Most of us will never sit in a movie theatre again.

Union?

Spoiled brat overpaid actors should help.

This doesn't help behind a paywall. PeopleOverProfits

1. Go back to work. 2. Wash your hands.

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