Labor leaders from five unions including Actors’ Equity Association today joined together to demand Senate action on the HEROES Act, calling the additional $600 in weekly pandemic unemployment benefits essential for food and shelter.
On a telephone press conference led by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, leaders from unions representing workers in theater, hospitality, food service and transportation, among others, called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pass the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, which includes the unemployment benefit expansion. The act was passed by the House of Representatives in May.
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