The Union Solidarity Coalition (TUSC) is internet hosting a web based public sale to help members’ entry to healthcare throughout the joint WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Obtainable objects embrace Tom Wait’s signed fedora, the script for the Atlanta pilot autographed by Donald Glover, and the Hawaiian shirt from Bizarre, signed by Bizarre Al Yankovic and Daniel Radcliffe. Different objects embrace a customized track by the solid of Bob’s Burgers, dinner with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, and objects from Occasion Woman and Dazed and Confused autographed by Parker Posey. Test it out right here.
Productions throughout tv and movie have come to a halt within the wake of the strikes, jeopardizing crew members’ entry to healthcare plans contingent upon working a minimal variety of days to qualify. “We based TUSC as a result of, as hanging writers, we really feel an unimaginable kinship with the crew (IATSE. LiUNA and Teamsters) that make our jobs attainable—and proper now they’re hurting, particularly with regards to healthcare,” TUSC co-founder Lena Dunham mentioned in an announcement.
All proceeds from the public sale will profit the TUSC Fund of the Movement Image and Tv Fund.
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