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Striking Workers Auction Off Items

According to SAG-AFTRA, only 14% of its members make at least $26,470 annually to qualify for SAG-AFTRA healthcare coverage

The Entertainment Community Fund announced today that prolific creator, writer and producer Seth MacFarlane has donated $1 Million to the Fund.

Recent donors also include Greg Berlanti, Vince Gilligan, Shonda Rhimes, Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley, and Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw

Josh Hooks is doing whatever it takes to survive during the historic double strike

Bids for the TUSC-MPTF effort will help get writers enrolled in healthcare and pay their premiums, while the WGARAGE Sale will see winnings go to support below-the-line talent affected by the strike through the Entertainment Community Fund.

The Fund announced today that Once Upon a One More Time, Aladdin, Shucked, Kimberly Akimbo, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Sweeney Todd, and & Juliet will all host performances this fall with blocks of tickets dedicated to supporting the Fund

Tens of thousands of behind-the-scenes workers, in solidarity with striking actors and writers, are bracing for what could be a months-long standoff with the studios

Keith McNutt, executive director of the Western Region, talks to KCAL about how the Fund is helping those affected by the work stoppage.

Now that actors and other performers have joined the writers on strike, where can SAG-AFTRA members turn for help if they can’t pay their bills?