On July 31, the $600/week
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Expired
Last FPUC payments in most States were disbursed on
July 25 & 26.

On MakeMusicDay 2020 MWA kicked off #UnemploymentCountdown, sharing daily Pandemic Unemployment Stories of music workers who had no income since March 2020 and cannot go back to work due to the live performance shutdown. Music workers impacted by Covid-19 depend on enhanced unemployment benefits and MWA calls for their extension.