Fran Drescher, the president of SAG-AFTRA, has expressed her frustration with the refusal of media studio executives to offer reasonable contract terms despite extended negotiations. She additionally addresses some of the ways actors are being railroaded, as well as how drastically the entertainment scenery has shifted since the last time terms like these were negotiated. On the eve of tens of thousands of union actors going on strike, Drescher’s comments come as the strike is about to begin.
The eyes of the world, and particularly the eyes of labor, are upon us; What happens to us is important. What’s happening to us is happening across all fields of labor, Drescher said.
Fran Drescher accused the streaming powerhouses, including Netflix, Disney, and Paramount, of “losing money left and right” while at the same time “giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their CEOs.” Drescher referred to firms such as Netflix, Disney, and Paramount as “disgusting.” In point of fact, as a direct result of her involvement in political action, she finally decided to run for the position of president of the SAG. In 2021, she defeated actor Matthew Modine in a brutal election for the organization’s president. Her opponent was Matthew Modine.
As was made very obvious during the press conference, she has now emerged as a prominent figurehead for a revitalized labor movement on a national level. The way in which she deals with it over the next few weeks and, it’s possible, months will assist in deciding the future of 160,000 performers.
Ms. Drescher, who is 65 years old, has spent decades working as an actress in Hollywood, both in film and on television. Since her main role in “The Nanny” in the 1990s, which is by far her most notable part, she has only occasionally featured in television and motion pictures since then. Her most recent role as a lead actress was in the NBC comedy “Indebted,” which ran for a total of 12 episodes before being axed in the year 2020.
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