WGA West’s Meredith Stiehm & SAG-AFTRA’s Joely Fisher Lobby For California Bill That Would Give Striking Workers Unemployment Benefits

WGA West President Meredith Stiehm and SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer Joely Fisher were in Sacramento last week lobbying California legislators for passage of Senate Bill 799, which would make strik…

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Striking workers in New York and New Jersey are eligible to collect unemployment benefits, but strikers in California are not. Addressing the California State Assembly Insurance Committee in Sacramento, Stiehm and Fisher, who are both up for re-election later this month, called unemployment insurance a much-needed safety net for striking workers. The WGA has been on strike since May 2, and SAG-AFTRA since July 14.

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