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"The problem for our members is 90% of our members are self employed. So if they can't work, they can't get paid"

MU Deputy General Secretary Naomi Pohl is on @BBCRadioLondon right now talking about coronavirus and its impact on musicians...

"Sessions in studios are being shut down as well as you've got lots of musicians in close proximity. One of the problems with the Government's advice last night is that it wasn't prescriptive enough. It's left businesses in a very tricky position"

"A lot of our members organise their own gigs... Our members don't know whether they should show up and try and do gigs or not at all"

"I don't think we've ever faced a crises like this, certainly not in the last couple of decades. We've never been in a situation where all of our members are unable to earn an income except those in employed jobs"

"We just don't have clarification on that" - Naomi highlights the challenges facing musicians working in the West End and regional and touring theatre. Will their jobs be there when people are allowed back to work?
musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/News/2020…

"It's a problem for the whole of the creative industries. We need the Government to come with some sort of plan and an offer for self employed people to keep them from really suffering financial hardship"

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