Canada’s entertainment unions asking for EI support for workers during COVID-19

TORONTO — Canada’s screen industry is facing significant production shutdowns due to COVID-19, and the country’s entertainment unions are calling on the federal government to help their affected workers. Last Thursday, ACTRA National, the Directors Guild of Canada, IATSE and CWA Canada issued a joint letter asking Ottawa to extend employment insurance support to all their workers impacted by the pandemic. And on […]