The “Nanny” star and SAG-AFTRA president gave an impassioned speech as the union representing roughly 160,000 Hollywood performers voted to strike.
Fran Drescher, the Screen Actors Guild president, lit into studio executives on Thursday as the union representing some 160,000 Hollywood performersThe Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to reach an agreement with the guild, known as SAG-AFTRA, despite the union
on June 30. The Screen Actors Guild’s members have been fighting for equitable wages and working conditions.on Thursday. The strike is expected to begin at midnight and involve union members, leadership and staff. “We are the victims here. We are being victimized by a very greedy entity,” the iconic TV star said in a blistering speech amid the strike announcement. “I am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us. I cannot believe it, quite frankly, how far apart we are on so many things.”
Drescher continued: “How they plead poverty that they’re losing money left and right while giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their CEOs. It is disgusting. Shame on them. They stand on the wrong side of history at this very moment.” "We are the victims here. We are being victimized by a very greedy entity," says SAG-AFTRA President and Actress Fran Drescher as the union goes on strike
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