That’s my SAG-AFTRA president
against Hollywood executives, production companies, and streaming giants as the union fights for a fair contract.
Accompanied by a group of fellow SAG-AFTRA members, Drescher announced the strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers AMPTP in an impassioned speech delivered during a press conference yesterday. “What happens here is important because what’s happening to us is happening across all fields of labor,” Drescher said. “When employers make Wall Street and greed their priority, and they forget about the essential contributors that make the machine run, we have a problem.”
Twitter naturally went wild over Drescher's speech, with many drawing comparisons between the SAG-AFTRA leader and the fictional counterpart she played inSAG-AFTRA members are demanding better pay and working conditions as the landscape of their labor is continually transformed by streaming and artificial intelligence.
“At some point, the jig is up. You cannot keep being dwindled and marginalized and disrespected and dishonored,” Drescher said. “The entire business model has been changed by streaming, digital, AI. … If we don’t stand tall right now, we are all going to be in trouble.”
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