A total of 241 companies signed the letter, including the Auto Care Association, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, the American International Automobile Dealers Association, and the National Automobile Dealers Association.
A new Facebook report says over half of small businesses they surveyed said they will not rehire the same workers they had before the pandemic, with about a third of the businesses not expecting to reopen.
Out of 220 public companies that applied for small business relief money from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), only 13 companies have returned the money.
The Senate passed the fourth stimulus package worth $484 billion yesterday afternoon that will help aid small businesses, hospital and health care workers, and COVID-19 testing.
During this critical time of the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Automotive Service Association has been working in a coalition to assure independent repairers are included in any stimulus package for the coronavirus during this time.