5-11-2020 Labor Policy Wins, COVID-19 Relief Effort Updates & Action Alerts

5-5-2020 OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard

As some states look to reopen their economies and send people back into workplaces, it is imperative that every entertainment worker has the right to a safe environment.

Unfortunately, the Labor Department continues to insist that no new standards or protections are necessary, and that safety should be left up to each individual employer.

4-22-2020 IATSE Priorities for Subsequent COVID-19 Relief Legislation

To help support the Entertainment Industry’s professional workers, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) are urging congress to prioritize certain items in subsequent COVID-19 relief packages. One of the first priorities on the IATSE’s list is to require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard to protect those performing essential work in news and media- such as converting facilities into field hospitals – from occupation exposure to infectious diseases, including COVID-19.

4-9-20 Workers’ Bill of Rights During COVID-19 Crisis

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4-9-20 Shame on Corporations Using COVID-19 Pandemic to Attack Workers

4-2-20 CARES ACT update

H.R. 748, the $2.2 T “CARES Act” was signed March 27, 2020. The document is 880 pages and moved through the House and Senate with bipartisan effort. Below are summaries of the relief provisions for individuals and small businesses of the Senate’s $2.2T trillion coronavirus aid. Some of the conditions in the CARES Act and the Family’s First Act are now being challenged. I will update as new relevant information becomes available.

I. INDIVIDUALS

1. Individual Rebates

a. How much will be provided to individuals?

4-1-20 Trump's NLRB appointees need to go

That’s it. The Trump appointees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) need to be removed for neglect of duty and malfeasance – now.

4-1-20 Census Day

Today is April 1st, Census Day, and an opportunity to complete your census survey! Self-responding to the Census is the easiest way to make sure you are counted amid the COVID-19 situation. Self-response is quick, easy, and can be done online, by phone, or by mail.

3-31-20 The outrageous actions of the NLRB

The so-called National Labor Relations Board, now having become nothing more than an anti-union organization has suspended union elections, election related hearing and unfair labor practice hearings.

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3-23-20 L.A. County Federation of Labor petition

The LA County Federation of Labor is asking union members to voice their support for the following petition:

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